Synonyms for BREATHING
ˈbri ðɪŋbreath·ing

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1. breathing

   Alive applies to all degrees of life, from that which shows one to be barely existing or existent as a living thing, as when we say he is just alive, to that which implies the very utmost of vitality and power, as in the words "he is all alive," "thoroughly alive." So the word quick, which began by signifying "having life," is now mostly applied to energy of life as shown in swiftness of action. Breathing is capable of like contrast. We say of a dying man, he is still breathing; or we speak of a breathing statue, or "breathing and sounding, beauteous battle," Tennyson Princess can. v, l. 155, where it means having, or seeming to have, full and vigorous breath, abundant life. Compare ACTIVE; ALERT; NIMBLE.

   Synonyms:
   active, alert, alive, animate, animated, brisk, existent, existing, live, lively, living, quick, subsisting, vivacious

   Antonyms:
   dead, deceased, defunct, dispirited, dull, inanimate, lifeless, spiritless

   Preposition:
   Alive in every nerve; alive to every noble impulse; alive with fervor, hope, resolve; alive through all his being.

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1. breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilationadjective

   the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

   Synonyms:
   ventilation, internal respiration, respiration, ventilating system, ventilation system, airing, external respiration, public discussion, cellular respiration, breathing

   Antonyms:
   breathless, suffocative, dyspnoeal, smothering, winded, short-winded, suffocating, dyspneic, pursy, dyspneal, blown, dyspnoeic, asphyxiating

2. breathing, eupneic, eupnoeicadjective

   passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

   "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"

   Synonyms:
   eupnoeic, eupneic, breathing

   Antonyms:
   winded, dyspneic, dyspneal, breathless, dyspnoeal, suffocating, smothering, suffocative, dyspnoeic, asphyxiating, pursy, short-winded, blown

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1. breathingnoun

   Synonyms:
   respiration

2. breathingnoun

   Synonyms:
   aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning

3. breathingadjective

   Synonyms:
   living, alive, live, not dead

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1. breathingnoun

   Synonyms:
   respiration, inhalation (breathing in), exhalation (breathing out), aspiration, suspiration, sighing, panting, insufflation, gasp, wheeze, afflatus, inflation, pneuma, inspiration, theopneusty

   Associated words:
   eupnœoe, dyspnœoe, asthma, apnœoe, cachon, respiratory, gill, branchia, pneumodynamics, pneometry, suffocation, stertorous

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1. List of paraphrases for "breathing":

   respiration, breathe, respiratory, breath, inhalation, respirable, respirator

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1. George Washington Carver:

   I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow.

2. Henry Spiller:

   In adults, the respiratory depression, the part that slows the breathing and you stop breathing, is limited, and so there's a lot less respiratory depression in adults, that's why it was felt to be safer. Unfortunately, in very young children under 5, preschoolers, toddlers, infants... that protection isn't there, and they do get this respiratory depression. It does affect their breathing.

3. Matthieu Lamarre:

   It's all about showing terrorism cannot divide us, paris Plages needs to be viewed as a breathing space for Parisians and tourists.

4. Arthur Koestler:

   Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

5. Laurie Adams:

   We'll help her set up a quit plan, we'll give her things to do instead of smoking when the urge hits, such as deep breathing, drinking water to flush out toxins and reaching out to a support system. We'll teach her how to reduce stress and avoid triggers.