Synonyms for breathless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
3. Bewildered
Other
breathtaking, exhausted, winded, short-winded, eager, suffocating
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- adj. 2
That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- adj. 3
Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
Related words
- Word family
- breathlessness
Example sentences
- bewildered People were bewildered by the unexpected situation.
- exhausted Although he was exhausted, he had to keep working.
- eager Tom said that he was eager to eat lunch with Mary.
- breathtaking Climbing a mountain is a breathtaking challenge.
- suffocating This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| breathless | rising | |
| pulseless | rising | |
| bewildered | rising | |
| exhausted | rising | |
| eager | rising | |
| breathtaking | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dead1
- 5 letters
- eager2
- 6 letters
- winded2
- 7 letters
- defunct2
- 8 letters
- deceased2, lifeless2, dyspneic, dyspneal
- 9 letters
- exhausted3, inanimate4, astounded3, pulseless, dyspnoeic, dyspnoeal
- 10 letters
- fascinated4, astonished3, bewildered3
- 11 letters
- suffocating4
- 12 letters
- breathtaking3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eager2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- haletant