Synonyms for breather
All synonyms
Noun
1. Breath
breath, break, pause, respite, breathing space, breathing spell, recess, moratorium, stoppage, lapse, interregnum, breathing time dated, halt dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Something or someone that breathes.
Related words
- Phrases
- take a breather mouth breather
Forms
- Plural
- breathers → breaths, breaks, pauses, respites…
Example sentences
- breath The swimmer raised his head and gasped for breath.
- pause In Lojban, the dot "." is a pause or glottal stop.
- respite I ducked into a local café for some respite.
- hiatus Hiatus is avoided in Greek and Latin poetry.
- snorkel I'm afraid I might get herpes from a snorkel.
By length
- 4 letters
- halt1
- 5 letters
- break1, pause1, lapse1
- 6 letters
- breath1, recess2, hiatus3
- 7 letters
- respite2, snorkel2
- 8 letters
- stoppage2
- 10 letters
- moratorium5
- 11 letters
- interregnum4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recess2 = 2 syllables).