FAINTING Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

fainting

verb

present participle of faint

as in collapsing

to lose consciousness the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood

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Recent Examples of fainting His body collapses in on itself on the fainting couch in the sitting room. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 That song’s music video is also darkly cinematic, showing Elizabeth playing with baby dolls in between sitting, bloodied, in bathtubs and on fainting couches. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2026 Nurses are fainting on the wards, children are flopping onto their desks at school. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Bayern Munich have confirmed Jamal Musiala will miss his Saturday’s Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund after fainting in two successive matches. — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Stewart previously had to pause his concert on June 19 to use an oxygen tank after nearly fainting on stage. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 Last month, Stewart halted his own performance at the Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre mid-song to breathe through an oxygen tank after nearly fainting. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026 Both can cause your body temperature to rise to dangerous levels, dizziness, nausea and fainting or passing out. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 My backyard tortoise, Philbert, has been most irascible and taken to his fainting couch (cardboard box). — Stat Staff, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fainting

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His message delivery is no more successful than Todd’s, and now the entire conference is in danger of collapsing.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
The wounded man fled across the parking lot before collapsing near Seminary Drive, where responding officers attempted lifesaving measures.

— Giles Hudson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapsing

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In this new-old world there are cargo pants, slip dresses and swooning for Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s minimalism.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Everything from Holden-Rea’s swooning orchestral score, which makes even the most mundane of mise en scène, courses with emotional histrionics, is calibrated for loud emotions.

— Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of swooning

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Crisis responders are passing out gun locks in the South Deering neighborhood after a 4-year-old boy was shot inside a home on Tuesday.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Taxpayers who donate to an organization passing out the scholarships will receive a federal tax credit, a perk expected to further fuel the conservative school choice movement.

— Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026