Synonyms for torch
tɔrtʃtorch

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1. torchverb

   Synonyms:
   flashlight, firebomb, ablaze, inflame, set, ignite, burn, brand

2. torchnoun

   A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source.

   The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.

   Synonyms:
   firebomb, ablaze, inflame, set, burn, ignite, brand, flashlight

3. torchnoun

   A portable source of electric light.

   Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.

   Synonyms:
   flashlight, brand

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1. torchnoun

   a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

   Synonyms:
   blowlamp, common mullein, flashlight, great mullein, blowtorch, woolly mullein, flannel mullein

2. common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsusnoun

   tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

   Synonyms:
   flannel mullein, flashlight, common mullein, blowlamp, woolly mullein, great mullein, blowtorch

3. flashlight, torchnoun

   a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

   Synonyms:
   flannel mullein, flashlight, common mullein, blowlamp, woolly mullein, great mullein, blowtorch

4. blowtorch, torch, blowlampverb

   a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

   Synonyms:
   great mullein, flashlight, common mullein, blowlamp, woolly mullein, flannel mullein, blowtorch

5. torchverb

   burn maliciously, as by arson

   "The madman torched the barns"

Matched Categories

1. • Burn
   • Electric Lamp
   • Light
   • Mullein

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1. torchnoun

   Synonyms:
   flambeau

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1. torchnoun

   Synonyms:
   flambeau (flaming torch), cresset

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1. List of paraphrases for "torch":

   flashlight, flame, blowtorch, shula, shola, flare, blaze, beacon, baton, lamp

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1. List of known nicknames for "Torch":

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1. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   The first-ever live broadcast of an Olympics. As the entire world watched, the final runner entered the National Stadium, Olympic torch in hand, it was a 19-year-old youth from Hiroshima, born on the day the atomic bomb fell, and his dynamic running showed that our nation had fully recovered from being flattened by bombings and, full of confidence and pride, proclaimed to the world Japan was embarking on an era of rapid growth.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

3. Annika Sorenstam:

   This is an historic moment, and hopefully they will continue to carry the torch, and who knows what opportunities will come 10, 15 years from now, this is just the beginning.

4. Michelle Obama:

   Theyre looking around wondering if weve been lying to them this whole time, they see people shouting in grocery stores unwilling to wear a mask to keep us all safe; they see people callingthe police on folks minding their own business just because of the color of their skin...They see our leaders labeling fellow citizens enemy of the state, while emboldening torch-bearing white supremacists.

5. Joe Biden:

   I'm still holding on to that torch.