Synonyms:
heart, bosom
Meaning: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
Synonyms:
heart, pump, ticker
Meaning: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
Synonyms:
heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
Meaning: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
Synonyms:
center, centre, middle, heart, eye
Meaning: an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
Synonyms:
kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
Meaning: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
Synonyms:
heart, spirit
Meaning: an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"