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

   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

   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. Salma Hayek:

   It makes you experience your body with a lightness that's really delicious and satisfying, with the breathing and the going inside, you explore your body in a different way, and you learn not to go crazy with the expectations.

2. Mike Baele:

   At the moment, the market is breathing a sigh of relief that some of the fears over tariffs and inflation, in particular, have not been realized.

3. Tim Scott:

   I do think that you would have a meaningful piece of legislation if you focus specifically on things that Cory Booker have in common and gave Cory Booker a little breathing room for the things that Cory Booker don't, but Cory Booker're not there yet. Cory Booker're going to keep working on what Cory Booker're working on and hopefully Cory Booker get that.

4. Melbourne Police Department:

   The driver had nopulse, andwas not breathing.

5. Marnie Reed Crowell:

   To keep the fire burning brightly, there's one easy rule keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart -- about a finger's breadth -- for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule.