heart

1 the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune those who refuse to contribute to the fund for the famine victims must have no heart Synonyms of heart bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartedness Words Related to heart feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity; affection, love, regard; affinity, empathy, rapport; altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy Near Antonyms of heart callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern; cruelty, harshness; animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostility Antonyms of heart coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

2 a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest the heart of the village economy was the outdoor market Synonyms of heart axis, base, capital, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, center, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seatWords Related to heart headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

3 strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger never lost heart while she was lost in the woods Synonyms of heart bottle [British slang], bravery, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, gutsiness, hardihood, courage, heroism, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, moxie, nerve, pecker [chiefly British], prowess, stoutness, valor, virtueWords Related to heart backbone, fiber, fortitude, grit, gumption, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, temper; determination, perseverance, resolution; endurance, stamina, stomach, tenacity; audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, cojones [slang], effrontery, gall, temerityNear Antonyms of heart cold feet, faintheartedness, fearfulness, mousiness, timidity, timorousness; feebleness, softness, weakness; impotence, ineffectualness; hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresolutionAntonyms of heart cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, poltroonery, spinelessness

4 the central part or aspect of something under consideration at the heart of the problem is the school's outmoded computer system avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter Synonyms of heart bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, gist, crux, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sumWords Related to heart course, direction, drift, tenor; body, content, substance; hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis

5 the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions deep down in her heart, she knew he was telling the truth Synonyms of heart belly, blood, bone(s), bosom, breast, gut, core, heartstrings, inner space, inside, quick, soulWords Related to heart conscience, mind