HEART-TO-HEART Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

heart-to-heart

adjective

Definition of heart-to-heart

as in frank

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Recent Examples of heart-to-heart To get to this career choice, Athena had a heart-to-heart with her deceased former partner, Officer Brogan McCluskey (Karl Makinen), in a dream sequence. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 May 2026 If a family member isn’t aligned with the company’s values and strategies, the leader must sit down with them for a heart-to-heart discussion, offering them the option to get on board or find something else. — Steve Potts, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026 At one point, Ira and Reef have what amounts to a heart-to-heart, with a massive portrait of Kevin Spacey looming over them in the background. — Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026 Did all parties sit down together at a cozy coffee shop and have a heart-to-heart? — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heart-to-heart

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Adjective

Stone is willing to invest in his ingredients but is also frank that some of what has hurt Gwen, and other restaurants, has had nothing to do with how the establishment is run.

— Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Portillo’s chili cheese dog ignores Windy City convention, pairing a snappy, all-beef frank and pillowy poppy seed bun with a generous swipe of hearty chili and slice of American cheese.

— Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 30 July 2026

Definition of frank

Adjective

For maximum flowering, select a growing location with rich, well-draining soil that receives at least 6 to 8 hours of direct light.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei had again poured cold water on the notion of direct negotiations with the United States.

— Mike Sheen, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of direct

Adjective

Lorde’s and Parker’s letters are forthright and funny from the start, but the other writers are reticent and polite at first.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Americans heard much more forthright rationales from generals involved in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of forthright

Adjective

But its effect on us humans — and our lives and economies — isn’t straightforward.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
If future commercial deployments deliver similar results, the architecture could provide customers with a straightforward path from hundreds of kilowatts to several megawatts without fundamentally changing the underlying system.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of straightforward

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