What is another word for fire?
Synonyms for fire
faɪərfire
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Wiktionary
fireverb
Synonyms:
set on firefireverb
fireverb
Synonyms:
dismiss, cards, heave-ho, throw out, redundant, sack, give the elbow, let go, give the bootfireverb
One of the four basic elements.
Antonyms:
hire
English Synonyms and Antonyms
fire
Combustion is the essential fact which is at the basis of that assemblage of visible phenomenon which we call fire; combustion being the continuous chemical combination of a substance with some element, as oxygen, evolving heat, and extending from slow processes, such as those by which the heat of the human body is maintained, to the processes producing the most intense light also, as in a blast-furnace, or on the surface of the sun. Fire is always attended with light, as well as heat; blaze, flame, etc., designate the mingled light and heat of a fire. Combustion is the scientific, fire the popular term. A conflagration is an extensive fire. Compare LIGHT.
Synonyms:
blaze, burning, combustion, conflagration, flame
Princeton's WordNet
firenoun
the event of something burning (often destructive)
"they lost everything in the fire"
Synonyms:
fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flamefire, firingnoun
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
"hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
Synonyms:
dismissal, fervor, ignition, firing, fervency, lighting, firing off, dismission, inflammation, sack, attack, discharge, release, ardour, sacking, liberation, fervour, flame, fervidness, ardor, kindling, flaming, flak, flack, blastfire, flame, flamingnoun
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
"fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
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fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flamefirenoun
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
"they sat by the fire and talked"
Synonyms:
fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flamefirenoun
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Synonyms:
fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flameardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidnessnoun
feelings of great warmth and intensity
"he spoke with great ardor"
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fervor, firing, fervency, flaming, flack, inflammation, zeal, excitement, excitation, fervour, flame, blast, fervidness, ardor, elan, flak, attack, ardourfirenoun
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
"put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire"
Synonyms:
fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flamefirenoun
a severe trial
"he went through fire and damnation"
Synonyms:
fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flamefire, attack, flak, flack, blastverb
intense adverse criticism
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
Synonyms:
ardour, antiaircraft gun, flaming, fervour, ardor, flak, tone-beginning, antiaircraft, onslaught, attempt, blow, fervidness, flak catcher, bam, onset, flack catcher, flack, clap, flame, ack-ack gun, eruption, attack, gust, ack-ack, approach, firing, onrush, fervency, blast, bang, fervor, pom-pom, plan of attack, good timeopen fire, fireverb
start firing a weapon
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send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, arousefire, dischargeverb
cause to go off
"fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
Synonyms:
unload, exhaust, kindle, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, give the axe, burn, assoil, can, provoke, drop off, empty, enkindle, give the sack, sack, set down, elicit, fuel, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, exculpate, dismiss, release, raise, clear, put down, acquit, burn down, drop, discharge, evoke, exonerate, free, force out, eject, terminate, muster out, send awayfireverb
bake in a kiln so as to harden
"fire pottery"
Synonyms:
send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, arousedisplace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminateverb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Synonyms:
throw out, kindle, notify, depose, advise, gouge, go off, give the axe, burn, tin, can, apprize, rout out, plunder, enkindle, give the sack, put up, sack, end, give the bounce, evict, elicit, discount, finish, move, stop, arouse, drive out, crowd out, brush off, squeeze out, give notice, open fire, usher out, displace, send packing, send word, apprise, dissolve, push aside, dismiss, give the gate, raise, clear, ignore, provoke, sack up, burn down, cease, squirt, rouse, brush aside, discharge, evoke, fuel, force out, preempt, eject, terminate, disregard, drop, send away, netfire, discharge, go offverb
go off or discharge
"The gun fired"
Synonyms:
unload, exhaust, kindle, absquatulate, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, give the axe, burn, assoil, can, provoke, go over, drop off, empty, enkindle, give the sack, sack, set down, decamp, bolt, elicit, fuel, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, implode, exculpate, abscond, dismiss, release, raise, clear, put down, acquit, burn down, drop, discharge, evoke, exonerate, free, force out, make off, eject, terminate, muster out, send away, come off, run offfireverb
drive out or away by or as if by fire
"The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
Synonyms:
send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, arousearouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provokeverb
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
Synonyms:
elevate, resurrect, force out, provoke, beset, send away, awake, levy, call forth, chivy, kick upstairs, give the sack, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, harry, upgrade, educe, dismiss, kick up, leaven, chivvy, bring up, rouse, invoke, raise, wind up, recruit, inflame, chevvy, farm, extract, excite, grow, conjure, upraise, give the axe, prove, awaken, chevy, conjure up, conflagrate, molest, go off, displace, plague, wake, waken, turn on, enhance, give notice, terminate, fuel, arouse, wake up, can, sack, advance, perk up, stir, burn, burn down, put forward, sex, enkindle, evoke, rear, harass, draw out, set up, elicit, nurture, parent, energize, produce, erect, discharge, kindle, put up, promote, hassle, open fire, brace, energise, paint a picture, get up, call down, come aliveburn, fire, burn downverb
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, combust, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, sting, send away, raise, sunburn, provoke, can, burn down, cauterize, incinerate, discharge, burn off, fuel, force out, cauterisefuel, fireverb
provide with fuel
"Oil fires the furnace"
Synonyms:
send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, arouse
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
firenoun
Synonyms:
conflagrationfirenoun
firenoun
fireverb
Synonyms:
kindle, set on firefireverb
fireverb
fireverb
Synonyms:
take fire, be kindledfireverb
Synonyms:
discharge a gun, discharge firearmsfireverb
Synonyms:
incendiary, political agitatorfireverb
Synonyms:
glow-worm (lampyris noctilucus)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
firenoun
Synonyms:
combustion, ignition, burning, phlogiston, conflagration, holocaust, deflagration, flame, blaze, bonfire, balefire, feu de joie, beaconAssociated words:
pyrology, pyrography, pyromania, pyrophobia, incendiary, incendiarism, arson, lurid, moloch, fuel, combustible, pyroleter, smolder, ignis fatuus, vulcan, hephæstusfireverb
Synonyms:
ignite, kindle, (Slang) discharge, dismiss, inflame, irritate, arouse, excite, incite, animate, quicken, vitalize, enthuse, inspirit, stoke, bake, burn, torrefy
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fire":
lamp, fires, shooting, firing, gunfire, blaze, tir, fuego, firefighting, cease-fire, feu, burning, lamps, firefighters, arson, eld, wildfire, fire-fighting, ceasefire, shoot, flame, firepower, light, fired, shot, flre, torpedo, brand, firefighter, bonfire, stove, firemen, litmus, ablaze, pull, wildfires, -boom
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How to use fire in a sentence?
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
To keep the fire burning brightly, there's one easy rule keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart -- about a finger's breadth -- for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule.
On this subject I do not which to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No No Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest I will not equivocate I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard.
I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.
The building had no elevator, The Associated Press reported, citing city records. Fire escapes were visible on the facade of the building. The fire department responded to emergency calls within three minutes. Witnesses described the scene of the fire and the panic from the building's tenants. Xanral Collins, Xanral Collins, told the New York Post Xanral Collins saw a father running toward the building, but was unable to enter. I saw Xanral Collins screaming,' My babies are dead ! My babies are dead !' Xanral Collins said. Jamal Flicker, Jamal Flicker told the New York Post Jamal Flicker heard screams for help. The smoke was crazy, people screaming,' Get out ! Jamal Flicker said. I heard a woman yelling,' We're trapped, help !' Neighborhood resident Robert Gonzalez, who has a friend who lives in the building, told the Associated Press she got out on a fire escape as another resident fled with five children. When I got here, she was crying, Robert Gonzalez said. Kwabena Mensah told the Daily News Kwabena Mensah feared Kwabena Mensah son, Kwabena Mensah, Kwabena Mensah, was one of the victims of the devastating fire. Kwabena Mensah came home from the Army about a week ago for the holidays, Kwabena Mensah said. Kwabena Mensah said Kwabena Mensah son’s roommate saw Kwabena Mensah before the fire broke out in the building. Kwabena Mensah was telling the roommate to not come out of the apartment because there was smoke. But when they rescued everyone from the windows, we couldn't find Kwabena Mensah. I went to four hospitals, I can't find Kwabena Mensah.
Translations for fire
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- نارArabic
- oheňCzech
- brandDanish
- FeuerGerman
- φωτιάGreek
- fajroEsperanto
- fuegoSpanish
- آتش سوزیPersian
- antaa potkutFinnish
- feuFrench
- tineIrish
- आगHindi
- TűzHungarian
- կրակArmenian
- apiIndonesian
- fuocoItalian
- אֵשׁHebrew
- 火災Japanese
- ಬೆಂಕಿKannada
- � �Korean
- ignisLatin
- brandDutch
- brannNorwegian
- ogieńPolish
- fogoPortuguese
- focRomanian
- ОгоньRussian
- brandSwedish
- தீTamil
- ఫైర్Telugu
- ไฟThai
- ateşTurkish
- вогоньUkrainian
- آگUrdu
- ngọn lửaVietnamese
- פייַערYiddish
- 火Chinese
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