Find the word that fits

Breathe: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Breathe

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

88 useful connections shown 58 reviewed relationships and 30 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Verb group 2

Respire 84% connected

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Respire 84% connected

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Broader term 23

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Convey 76% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Eject 76% connected

To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Exhaust 76% connected

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Expel 76% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Instill 76% connected

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Intermit 76% connected

To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Oxidate 76% connected

To oxidize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Oxidize 76% connected

To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Pause 76% connected

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Subsist 76% connected

To be; to have existence; to inhere.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Survive 76% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Transfuse 76% connected

To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Utter 76% connected

Outer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Manner of action 17

Belch 76% connected

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Bubble 76% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Choke 76% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Emanate 76% connected

To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Eruct 76% connected

Alt. of Eructate

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Exhale 76% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Expire 76% connected

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Hiccough 76% connected

A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glotti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Inhale 76% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Inspire 76% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Radiate 76% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Respire 76% connected

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Sigh 76% connected

To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or invol…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Snore 76% connected

To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Suspire 76% connected

To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Wheeze 76% connected

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Yawn 76% connected

To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Derivationally related 4

Emanation 74% connected

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Emanation 74% connected

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Entails 4

Exhale 72% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Expire 72% connected

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Inhale 72% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Inspire 72% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

See also 4

Exhale 66% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Exhale 66% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Inhale 66% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Inhale 66% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Synonym 4

Emit 92% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Respire 92% connected

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rest 92% connected

To arrest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Suspire 92% connected

To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.