Synonyms of heartbeats

heartbeats

noun

plural of heartbeat

as in minutes

a very small space of time

I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• minutes
• seconds
• moments
• instants
• nanoseconds
• eyeblinks
• twinkles
• winks
• shakes
• beats
• twinklings
• split seconds
• flashes
• trices
• jiffies
• microseconds
• jiffs
• New York minutes
• snatches
• spurts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ages
• aeons
• eternities
• lifetimes
• infinities
• forevers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heartbeats

Gabe wears a bracelet containing some of her final heartbeats and her fingerprint. — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Others include Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s light and sound installation Pulse Topology (2021), installed in 2023, in which visitors’ heartbeats inform the pulse of lights hanging overhead. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Simpson was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition that can cause irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death in seemingly healthy individuals, per John Hopkins Medicine. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

Researchers often use heart rate variability − the small differences in time between heartbeats − as one way to assess how that system is functioning. — Donnisa Edmonds, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Everything in the body runs in vibratory cycles from heartbeats to brainwaves to sleep-wake cycles. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

But the most striking of the new songs is the opener, a slow-motion unfurling against a backdrop of heartbeats and zithers. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026

In response to safety concerns, several medications have been removed from the list eligible for refills, including a drug for irregular heartbeats. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

As a data point, heart rate variability is the measurement of how much the time between your heartbeats may slightly fluctuate. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 July 2026