Thesaurus:breathe

Thesaurus

breathe

English

Verb

Sense: to draw air into the lungs

Synonyms

• breathe
• draw breath
• inbreathe
• respire
• spire (obsolete)
• suspire

Antonyms

• asphyxiate
• choke
• hold one's breath
• suffocate

Hyponyms

• breathe in
• breathe out
• exhale
• expire
• imbreathe
• inbreathe
• inhale
• inspire
• outbreathe
• take a breath

Meronyms

• breath
• exhalation
• inhalation
• respiration

Hyponyms

• aspirate
• blow
• breathe hard
• cough
• gasp
• gulp
• hiccup
• huff
• hyperventilate
• hypoventilate
• pant
• puff
• sigh
• sniff
• sniffle
• sneeze
• snort
• snuff
• snuffle
• sob
• suck
• wheeze
• whiff
• whiffle

Various

• breathable
• breathability
•   —
• as I live and breathe
• bad breath
• breathe easy
• breathe down someone's neck
• breathe a sigh of relief
• breathe a word
• catch one's breath
• don't hold your breath
• draw one's last breath
• eat, breathe, and sleep
• in the same breath
• out of breath
• pause for breath
• save one's breath
• shortness of breath
• stop for breath
• take one's breath away
• under one's breath
• waste breath
• with bated breath

Further reading

• “breathe” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “breathe” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.