Meanings
comparative more wholehearted · superlative most wholehearted · alternative whole-hearted
- Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.
Synonyms: fullhearted, hearty, heartful, all in · Antonyms: heartless, unhearty
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveShowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewith unconditional and enthusiastic devotion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From whole + hearted. First appears before 1628 in the publications of John Preston, a clergyman in the Church of England.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безрезервен, искрен
- безрезервен (bezrezerven)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- искрен (iskren)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- предан (predan)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Chinese Mandarin 誠懇 /诚恳, 真心
- 誠懇 /诚恳 (chéngkěn)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- 真心 (zhēnxīn)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Danish helhjertet
- helhjertetshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Esperanto tutkora
- tutkorashowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Finnish täysi
- täysishowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
French qui vient du cœur, épanoui
- qui vient du cœurshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- épanouishowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- sans réserveshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
German herzlichst, mit ganzem Herzen
- herzlichstshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- mit ganzem Herzenshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- rückhaltlosshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- vollen Herzensshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- von ganzem Herzenshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Icelandic hjartanlegur
- hjartanlegurshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Italian a cuore aperto, senza riserve
- a cuore apertoshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- senza riserveshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Norwegian Bokmål helhjertet
- helhjertetshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Russian чистосерде́чный, и́скренний
- чистосерде́чный (čistoserdéčnyj)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- и́скренний (ískrennij)showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Spanish absoluto, incondicional
- absolutoshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- incondicionalshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
- sin reservasshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Swedish helhjärtad
- helhjärtadshowing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment
Cite this entry
wholehearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholehearted
“wholehearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholehearted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wholehearted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholehearted.
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