Synonyms of the word

heart

• n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of…
• n. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
• n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage,…
• n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
• n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
• n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
• n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
• n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
• n. The centre, essence, or core.
• v. (transitive, poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
• v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce…

affection

• n. The act of affecting or acting upon.
• n. The state of being affected.
• n. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
• n. An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
• n. A feeling of love or strong attachment.
• n. (medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
• v. to feel an affection, emotion or love for.

affectionateness

• n. The state or quality of being affectionate.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

bosom

• n. (anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
• n. The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
• n. The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
• n. The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
• n. (in the plural) A woman's breasts.
• n. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
• n. A depression round the eye of a millstone.
• adj. In a very close relationship.
• v. To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
• v. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
• v. (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
• v. (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.

braveness

• n. The characteristic of being brave.

bravery

• n. (usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
• n. (countable) A brave act.
• n. Splendor, magnificence.

center

• n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
• n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
• n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates…
• n. A place where some function or activity occurs.
• n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
• n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
• n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the…
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
• n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
• n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
• n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside…
• n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position…
• n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about…
• n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point…
• n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
• adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
• v. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
• v. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway…
• v. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
• v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

centre

• n. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of…
• v. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of…

content

• n. (uncountable) That which is contained.
• n. Subject matter; that which is contained in writing or speech.
• n. The amount of material contained; contents.
• n. Capacity for holding.
• n. (mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case…
• adj. Satisfied about a particular circumstance; thus, in a state of satisfaction.
• interj. (archaic) Alright, agreed.
• n. Satisfaction; contentment.
• n. (obsolete) acquiescence without examination.
• n. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.
• n. (Britain, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.
• v. (transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

core

• n. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• n. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
• n. The center or inner part of a space or area.
• n. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
• n. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole…
• n. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
• n. (computing) Magnetic data storage.
• n. (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores…
• n. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
• n. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
• n. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
• n. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
• n. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
• n. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
• n. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
• v. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• v. To extract a sample with a drill.
• n. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
• n. A miner's underground working time or shift.
• n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
• n. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded…

country

• n. (archaic) An area of land; a district, region.
• n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members…
• n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political…
• n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
• n. Country music.
• n. (mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
• adj. From or in the countryside or connected with it.
• adj. Of or connected to country music.

courage

• n. The quality of a confident character not to be afraid or intimidated easily but without being incautious…
• n. The ability to do things which one finds frightening.
• v. (obsolete) To encourage.

courageousness

• n. the state of being courageous.

disposition

• n. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
• n. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
• n. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
• n. Control over something.
• n. (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
• n. (law) Final decision or settlement.
• n. (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
• n. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
• v. To remove or place in a different position.

essence

• n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
• n. (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
• n. Constituent substance.
• n. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
• n. A significant feature of something.
• n. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
• n. Fragrance, a perfume.

eye

• n. An organ through which animals see.
• n. The visual sense.
• n. Attention, notice.
• n. The ability to notice what others might miss.
• n. A meaningful stare or look.
• n. A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
• n. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
• n. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage…
• n. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
• n. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
• n. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
• n. A reproductive bud in a potato.
• n. (informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
• n. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc…
• n. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
• n. Tinge; shade of colour.
• n. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
• n. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
• n. (game of Go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
• v. To observe carefully.
• v. To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
• v. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
• v. (obsolete) To appear; to look.
• n. A brood.

feeling

• adj. Emotionally sensitive.
• adj. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
• n. Sensation, particularly through the skin.
• n. Emotion; impression.
• n. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
• n. (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
• n. Intuition.
• n. An opinion, an attitude.
• v. present participle of feel.

fondness

• n. the quality of being fond.

gist

• n. The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux…
• n. (law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
• n. (obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
• v. To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

hunch

• n. A hump; a protuberance.
• n. A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
• n. A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
• n. A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
• n. A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
• v. (intransitive) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
• v. (transitive) To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

intuition

• n. Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
• n. A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

inwardness

• n. The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
• n. (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
• n. (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity.
• n. (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness.

kernel

• n. The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
• n. The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
• n. A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
• n. (US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
• n. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
• n. (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and…
• n. (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
• n. (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
• n. (mathematics, algebra) Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
• n. (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose…
• n. (slang) The human clitoris.

marrow

• n. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
• n. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
• n. The essence; the best part.
• n. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
• n. (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

meat

• n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
• n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish.
• n. (now archaic) A meal.
• n. (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food.
• n. (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
• n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
• n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
• n. A meathead.
• n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

mettle

• n. A quality of endurance and courage.
• n. Good temperament and character.
• n. (obsolete) Metal; a metallic substance.

middle

• n. A centre, midpoint.
• n. The part between the beginning and the end.
• n. (cricket) The middle stump.
• n. The central part of a human body.
• n. (grammar) The middle voice.
• adj. Located in the middle; in between.
• adj. Central.
• adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.

nerve

• n. (zoology) A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
• n. (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
• n. (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
• n. Courage, boldness.
• n. Patience.
• n. Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
• n. Audacity, gall.
• n. (in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
• n. (obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
• v. (transitive) To give courage.
• v. (transitive) To give strength.

nitty-gritty

• n. (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details.

nub

• n. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
• n. A small lump or knob.
• n. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
• n. (slang) The clitoris.
• v. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
• v. To push; to nudge.
• v. To beckon.
• n. (Internet, slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

organs

• n. plural of organ.

philia

• n. friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics).
• n. liking.
• n. (countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something.

pith

• n. The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
• n. The spongy interior substance of a feather.
• n. The spinal cord; the marrow.
• n. The albedo of a citrus fruit.
• n. (figuratively) The essential or vital part.
• v. (transitive) To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
• v. (transitive) To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

pump

• n. A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
• n. An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping.
• n. A device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, particularly fuel.
• n. (bodybuilding) A swelling of the muscles caused by increased blood flow following high intensity weightlifting.
• n. (colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
• n. (US, obsolete, slang) The heart.
• v. (transitive) To use a pump to move (liquid or gas).
• v. (transitive, often followed by up) To fill with air.
• v. (transitive) To move rhythmically, as the motion of a pump.
• v. (transitive) To shake (a person's hand) vigorously.
• v. (transitive) To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
• v. (intransitive) To use a pump to move liquid or gas.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be going very well.
• v. (sports) To kick, throw or hit the ball far and high.
• v. (Scotland, slang) To pass gas; to fart.
• v. (computing) To pass (messages) into a program so that it can obey them.
• n. (Britain) A type of shoe, a trainer or sneaker.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A type of women's shoe which leaves the instep uncovered and has a relatively high…
• n. A dancing shoe.
• n. A type of shoe without a heel.

spirit

• n. The collective souls of man or another entity.
• n. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
• n. Enthusiasm.
• n. The manner or style of something.
• n. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term…
• n. Energy; ardour.
• n. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or…
• n. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in…
• n. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
• n. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
• n. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
• n. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according…
• n. (dyeing) stannic chloride.
• v. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
• v. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.

spunk

• n. (countable, obsolete) A spark.
• n. (uncountable) Touchwood; tinder.
• n. (countable, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
• n. (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
• n. (countable, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person (normally male).
• n. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, vulgar, slang) Semen.
• v. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

sum

• n. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
• n. (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily…
• n. A quantity of money.
• n. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
• n. A central idea or point.
• n. The utmost degree.
• n. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
• v. (transitive) To add together.
• v. (transitive) To give a summary of.
• n. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
• n. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
• pron. (African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.

suspicion

• n. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
• n. The condition of being suspected.
• n. Uncertainty, doubt.
• n. A trace, or slight indication.
• n. The imagining of something without evidence.
• v. (nonstandard, dialect) To suspect; to have suspicions.

temperament

• n. (obsolete) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition…
• n. (obsolete) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in…
• n. A person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
• n. A tendency to become irritable or angry.
• n. (music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from…

tenderness

• n. a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
• n. concern for the feelings or welfare of others.
• n. pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.

ticker

• n. A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
• n. A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
• n. (colloquial) The heart.
• n. (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.

viscus

• n. (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an…
• n. Specifically, the intestines.

warmheartedness

• n. the quality of being warmhearted.

warmness

• n. the state of being warm; warmth.