Synonyms for BURN
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1. burn, burning(noun)

   pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

   Synonyms:
   burn mark, tan, burn, combustion, electrocution, burning at the stake, sunburn, suntan, burning

2. tan, suntan, sunburn, burn(noun)

   a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

   Synonyms:
   burning, topaz, erythema solare, burn, tangent, burn mark, sunburn, suntan, tan

3. burn(noun)

   an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

   Synonyms:
   tan, suntan, burning, burn mark, sunburn

4. burn, burn mark(noun)

   a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

   Synonyms:
   tan, suntan, burning, burn mark, burn, sunburn

5. burn(verb)

   damage inflicted by fire

   Synonyms:
   tan, suntan, burning, burn mark, sunburn

6. burn, fire, burn down(verb)

   destroy by fire

   "They burned the house and his diaries"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, evoke, bite, sack, give the axe, burn, dismiss, go off, go up, enkindle, give the sack, cut, glow, elicit, burn up, terminate, fire, combust, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, sting, send away, raise, sunburn, provoke, can, burn down, cauterize, incinerate, discharge, burn off, fuel, force out, cauterise

7. burn, glow(verb)

   shine intensely, as if with heat

   "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

   Synonyms:
   shine, beam, burn up, radiate, burn, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn down, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire

8. burn, combust(verb)

   undergo combustion

   "Maple wood burns well"

   Synonyms:
   throw a fit, fly off the handle, catch fire, take fire, ignite, flip one's wig, hit the roof, burn, burn up, blow up, lose one's temper, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, blow a fuse, combust, erupt, hit the ceiling, burn down, conflagrate, go ballistic, burn off, bite, cauterize, blow one's stack, have kittens, flip one's lid, glow, cauterise, fire, have a fit

9. bite, sting, burn(verb)

   cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

   "The sun burned his face"

   Synonyms:
   stick, burn down, seize with teeth, burn, prick, burn up, cut, twinge, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire

10. burn, combust(verb)

    cause to burn or combust

    "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

    Synonyms:
    throw a fit, fly off the handle, catch fire, take fire, ignite, flip one's wig, hit the roof, burn, burn up, blow up, lose one's temper, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, blow a fuse, combust, erupt, hit the ceiling, burn down, conflagrate, go ballistic, burn off, bite, cauterize, blow one's stack, have kittens, flip one's lid, glow, cauterise, fire, have a fit

11. burn(verb)

    feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion

    "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

12. burn, incinerate(verb)

    cause to undergo combustion

    "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, burn, cauterize, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

13. burn(verb)

    burn at the stake

    "Witches were burned in Salem"

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

14. burn(verb)

    spend (significant amounts of money)

    "He has money to burn"

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

15. burn(verb)

    feel hot or painful

    "My eyes are burning"

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

16. cauterize, cauterise, burn(verb)

    burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

    "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

    Synonyms:
    cauterize, burn up, burn down, burn off, sting, fire, combust, burn, cut, sunburn, incinerate, bite, glow, cauterise, callous

17. sunburn, burn(verb)

    get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, burn, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

18. cut, burn(verb)

    create by duplicating data

    "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

    Synonyms:
    veer, bring down, snub, bite, turn off, edit out, cut, burn up, burn, rationalize, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, slue, glow, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, combust, shorten, cut off, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, sting, contract, foreshorten, dilute, curve, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, tailor, burn down, cauterize, incinerate, turn out, fire, disregard, burn off, issue, cauterise, cut back, abbreviate, trend, sunburn

19. burn off, burn, burn up(verb)

    use up (energy)

    "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

    Synonyms:
    flare, go up, burn up, burn, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn down, flame up, burn off, bite, cauterize, blaze up, glow, cauterise, fire

20. burn(verb)

    burn with heat, fire, or radiation

    "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

    Synonyms:
    sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. burn

   To burn is to subject to the action of fire, or of intense heat so as to effect either partial change or complete combustion; as, to burn wood in the fire; to burn one's hand on a hot stove; the sun burns the face. One brands with a hot iron, but cauterizes with some corrosive substance, as silver nitrate. Cremate is now used specifically for consuming a dead body by intense heat. To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use. To kindle is to set on fire, as if with a candle; ignite is the more learned and scientific word for the same thing, extending even to the heating of metals to a state of incandescence without burning. To scorch and to singe are superficial, and to char usually so. Both kindle and burn have an extensive figurative use; as, to kindle strife; to burn with wrath, love, devotion, curiosity. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, brand, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, flame, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, scorch, set fire to, set on fire, singe

   Antonyms:
   cool, extinguish, put out, smother, stifle, subdue

   Preposition:
   To burn in the fire, burn with fire; burn to the ground, burn to ashes; burn through the skin, or the roof; burn into the soil, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. burn

   Synonyms:
   ignite, kindle, brand, consume, cauterize, rage, glow, smoulder, blaze, flash, cremate, incinerate

   Antonyms:
   extinguish, stifle, cool, wane, subside, glimmer, lower, pale

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1. roast

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. burn(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   consume with fire, reduce to ashes

2. burn(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake

3. burn(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   injure by fire or heat

4. burn(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   shrivel, cause to wither

5. burn(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   flame, be on fire

6. burn(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   glow, warm, be excited

7. burn(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Scottish.] brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. burn(n)

   Synonyms:
   ambustion

2. burn(v)

   Synonyms:
   scorch, scald, singe, char, sear, cauterize, brand, consume, incinerate, cremate, incremate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "burn":

   burning, blight, recording, burned, burns, burnt, combustion, incinerate, record, brûlé, combust, brûlée, ignite

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1. David Schmerler:

   They only have a finite number of these transporter erector launchers (TELs), there is no evidence that they can manufacture them, and they don't want to burn through their trucks (during missile tests).

2. Greg Potter:

   A few (not all) previous experiments have found that if you reduce how long people sleep, some people burn slightly fewer calories at rest.

3. President Barack Obama on Tuesday:

   There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive, when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. They're not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn down a building, they're committing arson. And they're destroying and undermining businesses and opportunities in their own communities. That robs jobs and opportunity from people in that area.

4. Pete Buttigieg:

   Turning to someone like Mayor Bloomberg who thinks he can buy this election is no better a way to succeed than turning to somebody like Senator Sanders who wants to burn the house down.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Be kind! Go and burn the world with the fire of your love.

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