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breathless

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of breathless

1 lacking fresh air

  • the room was hot and breathless
Synonyms of breathless

close, stifling, stuffy, suffocating
Words Related to breathless

airless, unventilated

fuggy

heavy, oppressive, thick
Near Antonyms of breathless

bracing, brisk, invigorating, refreshed, refreshing, restorative, reviving, sweet

ventilated
Antonyms of breathless

airy, breezy, unstuffy

2 moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed

  • ran at a breathless pace to get help
Synonyms of breathless

blistering, breakneck, brisk, dizzy, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy
Words Related to breathless

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed

breathtaking

energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous

high-speed

rush

ultrafast, ultrarapid
Phrases Synonymous with breathless

at speed [chiefly British]
Near Antonyms of breathless

crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky (or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurried

deliberate, leisurely, measured

dilatory, late, tardy

ultraslow
Antonyms of breathless

slow

3 no longer living

  • carried the breathless body of his beloved dog back home
Synonyms of breathless

asleep, cold, dead, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, low
Words Related to breathless

extinct

dying, fading, moribund

stillborn

finished, lapsed, terminated

inanimate, insensate, nonliving
Phrases Synonymous with breathless

bitten the dust
Near Antonyms of breathless

animated

dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious

active, functioning, operative, running
Antonyms of breathless

alive, animate, breathing, going, live, living, quick

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