Synonyms of breathers

breathers

noun

plural of breather

as in pauses

a momentary halt in an activity

took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pauses
• lulls
• breaths
• breaks
• interruptions
• recesses
• intervals
• rests
• respites
• interludes
• intermissions
• suspensions
• stoppages
• cessations
• hitches
• time-outs
• endings
• gaps
• interims
• hiatuses
• lapses
• discontinuances
• terminations
• discontinuities
• moratoriums
• expirations
• downtimes
• surceases
• abeyances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuations
• progressions
• progresses
• extensions
• endurances
• prolongations
• persistences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breathers

The show features fire jugglers and fire breathers. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026

The door handle was rearranged in order to accommodate the bigger breathers, and one resulting tradeoff is the awkward need to push with one hand while using another to open the door. — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

For both air breathers and water breathers, many chemicals in crude oil target the heart and respiratory function, the immune system, the sensory system and the central nervous system. — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026

Mouth breathers tend to carry their head forward to open the airway, a subtle shift that can become its own habitual pattern. — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026

Lopez or Joseph-Day would be a rotational run-stuffing nose tackle who could allow Walker to get some breathers or line up elsewhere. — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

Its one-take formula is made to break you — there are no breathers, the intensity simply keeps building to its apex. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025

One is called the 'wonderful whimsy,' (with) fire breathers, jugglers, tarot card readers. — Tony Peterson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025