breathless
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
breathless at thought of what I had done
Related & opposite
- unventilated also see
- breathing antonym
- dyspnea derivation
- SOB derivation
- asphyxiating similar to
- smothering similar to
- pursy similar to
Sense 2 adjective
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
a breathless flight
Related & opposite
- exciting similar to
Sense 3 adjective
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
an inanimate body
Related & opposite
- inanimateness derivation
- SOB derivation
- dead similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unventilated |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | breathing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dyspnea |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | SOB |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | asphyxiating |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | smothering |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pursy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | exciting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inanimateness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | SOB |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |