breathless | Definition of breathless

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

heavy, oppressive, thick

Near Antonyms of breathless

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

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

energetic, strenuous, strong, vigorous

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

Antonyms of breathless

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

dying, fading, moribund

finished, lapsed, terminated

inanimate, insensate, nonliving

Phrases Synonymous with breathless

bitten the dust

Near Antonyms of breathless

dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious

active, functioning, operative, running

Antonyms of breathless

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