Thesaurus
breathless
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of BREATHLESS
1
lacking fresh air <the room was hot and breathless>
Near Antonyms bracing, brisk, invigorating, refreshed, refreshing, restorative, reviving, sweet; ventilated
2
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed <ran at a breathless pace to get help>
Synonyms blistering, breakneck, breathless, brisk, dizzy, fleet, fleet-footed, flying, galloping, hasty, hot, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rapid-fire, rattling, snappy, speedy, splitting, swift, whirlwind, zippy
Related Words expeditious, prompt, ready; accelerated, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed; breathtaking; energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous; high-speed; rush; ultrafast, ultrarapid
Near Antonyms crawling, dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, languid, lingering, plodding, poking, poky (or pokey), slowish, sluggish, unhurried; deliberate, leisurely, measured; dilatory, late, tardy; ultraslow
Antonyms slow
3
no longer living <carried the breathless body of his beloved dog back home>
Synonyms asleep, breathless, cold, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, low
Related Words extinct; dying, fading, moribund; stillborn; finished, lapsed, terminated; inanimate, insensate, nonliving
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