Answer to "Breather" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REST , but the solution may also be PAUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).

Breather crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
REST41 %4
LUNG31 %4
PAUSE6 %5
RESPITE5 %7
NOSE5 %4
AIRTUBE3 %7
LULL3 %4
OXYGENMASK1 %10
LETUP1 %5
NOSTRIL1 %7
GILL1 %4
AQUALUNG1 %8

Why may REST be the right solution?

"Breather" is a clue that indicates a short break or pause. "Rest" means to take a break or pause from activity, making it the correct answer.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Breather

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • breath
  • breathing space
  • breathing spell
  • schnorkel
  • snorkel
  • breathing place
  • breathing time
  • schnorchel
  • snorkel breather
  • breathing
  • respiration
  • ventilation

Crossword Answer definitions

REST noun
  1. (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  2. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  3. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  4. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
  5. A final position after death.
  6. A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  7. A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  8. Absence of motion.
  9. A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
  10. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  11. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  12. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  13. A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  14. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
  15. A set or game at tennis.
REST verb
  1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
  2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
  3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  4. To be or to put into a state of rest.
  5. To stay, remain, be situated.
  6. To lean, lie, or lay.
  7. To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
  8. To sleep; slumber.
  9. To lie dormant.
  10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  11. To rely or depend on.
  12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
REST noun
  1. That which remains.
  2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  3. A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
REST verb
  1. To remain.
REST verb
  1. To arrest.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

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