heart
Blood's tireless engine
Heart designates the blood-pumping vital organ in vertebrates, but it is used to talk about emotional or moral feelings (as distinct from intellect).
Two frequent collocations are win someone’s heart (succeed in attracting their love), and break someone’s heart (withdraw your love or affection from them when they don’t want this).
The expression at heart means essentially or in essence: She’s a country girl at heart. The heart of something is the most central or vital part of it.
Roofed central hall
- ventricleHollow organ chamber
- aortaChief arterial trunk
- valveFluid flow controller
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
vein · myocardium · pericardium · septum · coronary · pulmonary · capillary · endocardium
Middle of anything
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- kernelSeed or essential core
- cruxMost important point
hub · root · gist · foundation · bedrock · cornerstone · keystone · quintessence
February fourteenth greeting
- romanceLove and its excitement
- belovedOne who is treasured
- darlingBeloved person or pet
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
devotion · affection · passion · desire · ardor · infatuation · courtship · truelove
Sensed inner state
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
sentiment · sorrow · joy · grief · anguish · heartbreak · heavyhearted · lighthearted
Physician treating cardiovascular conditions
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
- angiogramBlood vessel X-ray
pacemaker · stent · bypass · angioplasty · arrhythmia · murmur · hypertension · transplant
Boldness before danger
- valorCourage in danger
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- mettleStrength of character
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
pluck · resolve · boldness · daring · fearlessness · gallantry · tenacity · spunk
atrium
Roofed central hall
artery · vein · myocardium · pericardium · septum · coronary · pulmonary · capillary · endocardium · chamber
center
Middle of anything
crux · hub · root · gist · foundation · bedrock · cornerstone · keystone · quintessence · pivot
valentine
February fourteenth greeting
amour · devotion · affection · passion · desire · ardor · infatuation · courtship · truelove · paramour
feeling
Sensed inner state
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
- warmthHeat you feel
tenderness · sentiment · sorrow · joy · grief · anguish · heartbreak · heavyhearted · lighthearted · openhearted
cardiologist
Physician treating cardiovascular conditions
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- echocardiogramUltrasound of the heart
angiogram · pacemaker · stent · bypass · angioplasty · arrhythmia · murmur · hypertension · transplant · defibrillator
bravery
Boldness before danger
grit · pluck · resolve · boldness · daring · fearlessness · gallantry · tenacity · spunk · nerve
icon
Pictorial screen symbol
suit · playing · tattoo · charm · emblem · motif · logo · doodle · carved · initials
brilliant
Intensely bright or gifted
radiant · oval · pear · marquise · cabochon · facet · carat · diamond · pendant · locket
heartcruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
coldheartedness · hard-heartedness · heartlessness · pitilessness · mercilessness
heartcowardice
Absence of bravery
cowardliness · timidity · spinelessness · dastardliness · faintheartedness
- broken heartEmotional pain from loss
- by heartStored in memory
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
- my heartIntimate term for beloved
- break someone's heartCause deep emotional pain
- change of heartReversal of opinion
hearty, heartfelt, sweetheart, hearts, heartache, heartbeat, heartless, hearten, wholehearted