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breath - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respiration |
| Synonyms: | animation, breathing, exhalation, expiration, gasp, gulp, inspiration, pant, wheeze, eupnea, inhalation, insufflation |
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wind or something in the air |
| Synonyms: | aroma, flutter, gust, odor, puff, sigh, smell, vapor, waft, whiff, faint breeze, flatus, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respite, break |
| Synonyms: | blow*, breather, breathing space*, instant, moment, pause, rest, second, ten* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | dash, murmur, shade, soupçon, streak, suspicion, touch, trace, undertone, whiff, whisper |
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light wind |
| Synonyms: | air, breath, current, draft, flurry, gust, puff, waft, whiff, airflow, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | existence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life |
| Synonyms: | actuality, animation, being, breath, continuance, continuation, duration, endurance, entity, essence, individuality, journey, permanence, perseverance, presence, rat race*, real world*, reality, something, subsistence, survival, world, hand one is dealt, lifing, the big game |
| Antonyms: | death, inanimateness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
| Synonyms: | breath, crack, flash, jiffy*, juncture, minute, occasion, point, second, shake*, split second*, tick, time, twinkling*, while, wink*, bat of the eye, nothing flat, sec, short while, trice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clue, hint |
| Synonyms: | allusion, announcement, breath, communication, cue, declaration, implication, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, notice, notion, reminder, shade, shadow, strain, streak, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tinge, tip, trace, warning, wind |
| Main Entry: | jiffy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instant |
| Synonyms: | breath, crack, flash, minute, moment, second, shake*, split second*, twinkling*, jiff, trice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief time period |
| Synonyms: | breath, breathing, crack, flash, instant, jiffy*, moment, second, shake, split second, twinkling*, bat of an eye, min, mo, nothing flat, sec, short time, sixtieth of hour, sixty seconds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, suspension in activity |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, adjournment, break, breath*, breather*, breathing space*, cessation, coffee break, deadlock, deferment, delay, deliverance, discharge, downtime*, ease, five*, forgiveness, halt, hiatus, immunity, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff, leisure, letup*, lull, moratorium, pardon, postponement, recess, relaxation, release, relief, reprieve, rest, stay, stop, ten*, time, truce, exculpation, interregnum, protraction, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper, footmark, nib, tittle |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | vapor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fumes, mist |
| Synonyms: | breath, condensation, dew, effluvium, exhalation, fog, gas, haze, miasma, moisture, reek, smog, smoke, steam, dampness |
| Main Entry: | whiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smell of an odor |
| Synonyms: | aroma, blast, breath, dash, fume, gust, hint, odor, puff, scent, shade, smack, sniff, snuff, soupçon, trace, trifle, waft, draught, flatus, inhalation |
| Main Entry: | breathing space |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short respite |
| Synonyms: | breath, breather, breathing room, breathing spell, breathing time |
| Main Entry: | largeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magnitude |
| Synonyms: | breath, extent, measure, proportion |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gases forming the atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | blast, breath, breeze, draft, puff, sky, ventilation, waft, whiff, wind, heavens, ozone, stratosphere, troposphere, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, spirit |
| Synonyms: | élan*, activity, being, breath, dash, energy, enthusiasm, entity, esprit, essence, excitement, go*, growth, heart, impulse, liveliness, oomph*, soul, sparkle, verve, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zest*, zing*, brio, get-up-and-go, high spirits, lifeblood, sentience, viability, élan vital |
| Antonyms: | inanimacy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blast of air |
| Synonyms: | breath, draft, drag, draw, emanation, flurry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp, draught, flatus |
| Main Entry: | spirit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soul, attitude |
| Synonyms: | air, animation, ardor, backbone*, boldness, breath, character, complexion, courage, disposition, earnestness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, essence, fire, force, frame of mind, grit*, guts*, heart, humor, jazz*, life, life force, liveliness, mettle, mood, morale, motivation, nerve, oomph*, outlook, psyche, quality, resolution, resolve, sparkle, spunk*, substance, temper, temperament, tenor, vigor, vitality, warmth, will, willpower, zest, dauntlessness, gameness, stoutheartedness, vital spark |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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