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Synonyms 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, 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, 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, let out, suspire, rest, happen, emit, take place, occur, give off, utter, catch one's breath, take a breath, pass, come about, give out

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. calm

    i have calm breathing.

    try to calm down.

    Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    respire

  2. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    live, exist

  3. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    pause, rest, take breath, have a respite

  4. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    inspire and expire

  5. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    exhale, emit, give out, throw out

  6. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    whisper, utter softly

  7. breatheverb

    Synonyms:
    indicate, manifest, express, show

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

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How to use breathe in a sentence?

  1. Christen kuikoua:

    When God has granted you the privilege to breathe, to love, and to enjoy, reflect on the profound nature of these blessings and appreciate the unique gift of life.

  2. Ramon M Gonzalez Jr:

    You Ain't Livin', if you Ain't Breathin' And you Ain't Breathin', if you Ain't Receivin'...LOVE>Ramon. LOVE is >(greater than) me, you, anyone. Nothing, in this world, matters, when the air runs out. It's in this moment, that you know whom and what you love. So smile, be Thankful, seize the day and take time to breathe. It's free.

  3. President Sebastian Pinera:

    I will keep sending projects to Congress to ... breathe life into this social agenda.

  4. John F. Kennedy:

    For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.

  5. President Obama:

    I would just point to one simple example, and that is you would not want your kids growing up in Beijing right now, because they could not breathe, and the fact of the matter is that used to be true in Los Angeles -- as recently as 1970. And the reason it changed was because of the Clean Air Act.


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