shortness of breath

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   a dyspneic condition

   SynonymsSOBbreathlessness

   Broaderdyspnea

Questions about shortness of breath

What does shortness of breath mean?

shortness of breath means "a dyspneic condition".

What is another word for shortness of breath?

Close synonyms include SOB, breathlessness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shortness of breath a common word?

shortness of breath is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.