catch one's breath

Questions about catch one's breath

What is another word for catch one's breath?

It depends which catch one's breath you mean. In the sense “take a short break from one's activities in order to relax”, the synonyms are rest, breathe, take a breather. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of catch one's breath?

WordNet records no antonym for catch one's breath. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for catch one's breath come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of catch one's breath

• Full entry for catch one's breathAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for catch one's breathWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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