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Antonyms for BREATHE
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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. breathe, take a breath, respire, suspireverb

    draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

    "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, sigh, take a breath, breathe, take a breather, rest

  2. breatheverb

    be alive

    "Every creature that breathes"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  3. breatheverb

    impart as if by breathing

    "He breathed new life into the old house"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  4. breatheverb

    allow the passage of air through

    "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  5. breatheverb

    utter or tell

    "not breathe a word"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  6. breatheverb

    manifest or evince

    "She breathes the Christian spirit"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  7. rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breatherverb

    take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

    Synonyms:
    take a breather, stay, respire, emit, perch, pass off, breathe, suspire, rest, repose, lie, remain, reside, catch one's breath, take a breath, pillow, roost

  8. breatheverb

    reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked

    "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"

    Synonyms:
    respire, catch one's breath, pass off, emit, suspire, take a breath, take a breather, rest

  9. emit, breathe, pass offverb

    expel (gases or odors)

    Synonyms:
    evanesce, take a breather, fleet, fall out, respire, go on, hap, let loose, fade, blow over, pass off, breathe, let out, suspire, rest, happen, emit, take place, occur, give off, utter, catch one's breath, take a breath, pass, come about, give out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    respire, inhale and exhale, infuse, wheeze, suspire, sigh, gasp, pant, aspirate, exhale, emit

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. BREATHE

    Synonyms:
    Base Rest Rate Elevation for Sleep Apnea Therapy

How to use BREATHE in a sentence?

  1. Scott Landes:

    Exposure to high levels of fine particulates and ozone has negative health outcomes for everyone, but particularly those that suffer from heart or lung disease, older adults, and children. Fine particulates work their way into your respiratory system and can make it difficult to breathe.

  2. Evelyn Colbert:

    Is it a good sign that you danced for four minutes and can't breathe ?

  3. Carolyn Porter:

    We never knew anything about this video until yesterday, she tried to tell us how they treated her, but she had anxiety, and every time she tried to talk about it, she couldn’t breathe.

  4. Ashraf Samir:

    You get to breathe clean air, you get to run far away from any chaos or traffic, and you get to know nice people at the same time.

  5. Irvo Otieno:

    He was trying to breathe, if you were down there, restrained and all of these people on top of you, you would be trying to breathe. You would try to move, too, to let your lungs expand.

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