Synonyms for respiration
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Noun
1. Breathing — the process of inhaling and exhaling
Other
metabolism, cellular respiration, wind, expiration, breath dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of inhaling and exhaling.
Related words
- Word family
- respire
- Phrases
- artificial respiration cellular respiration
Forms
- Plural
- respirations → breathings, ventilations, metabolisms, winds…
Example sentences
- breathing I shot the horse because it had trouble breathing.
- ventilation Pietro decided to search the ventilation shaft.
- metabolism Tom suffers from several disorders of the metabolism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| respiration | falling | |
| breathing | rising | |
| ventilation | steady | |
| metabolism | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wind1
- 6 letters
- breath1
- 9 letters
- breathing2
- 10 letters
- metabolism5, expiration4
- 11 letters
- ventilation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (breathing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- respiration
- Italiano
- respirazione
- Català
- respiració