Synonyms for exhale
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Breathe out — to expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out
breathe out, outbreathe, expire dated
2. Emanate
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.
- v. 2
To expel (something, such as tobacco smoke) from the lungs by action of the diaphragm.
- v. 3
To pass off in the form of vapour; to emerge.
- n. 1
An exhalation.
Related words
- Word family
- exhalation
- Is a kind of
- discharge ejection output
Example sentences
- breathe However, they can help him breathe with a machine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| exhale | rising | |
| breathe | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- emit2, fume1
- 5 letters
- vapor2, expel2
- 6 letters
- expire2, vapour
- 7 letters
- breathe1, emanate3
- 8 letters
- vaporize3, vaporise
- 9 letters
- evaporate4, transpire3, vapourize
- 10 letters
- outbreathe
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (emit2 = 2 syllables).