Synonyms for fire
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1. fire(noun)

   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, flame

   Antonyms:
   hire, engage, employ

2. fire, firing(noun)

   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, blast

   Antonyms:
   employ, hire, engage

3. fire, flame, flaming(noun)

   the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

   "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

   Synonyms:
   fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame

   Antonyms:
   engage, hire, employ

4. fire(noun)

   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, flame

   Antonyms:
   hire, employ, engage

5. fire(noun)

   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, flame

   Antonyms:
   hire, engage, employ

6. ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness(noun)

   feelings of great warmth and intensity

   "he spoke with great ardor"

   Synonyms:
   fervor, firing, fervency, flaming, flack, inflammation, zeal, excitement, excitation, fervour, flame, blast, fervidness, ardor, elan, flak, attack, ardour

   Antonyms:
   hire, engage, employ

7. fire(noun)

   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, flame

   Antonyms:
   hire, employ, engage

8. fire(noun)

   a severe trial

   "he went through fire and damnation"

   Synonyms:
   fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame

   Antonyms:
   engage, hire, employ

9. fire, attack, flak, flack, blast(verb)

   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 time

   Antonyms:
   hire, employ, engage

10. open fire, fire(verb)

    start firing a weapon

    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

    Antonyms:
    hire, employ, engage

11. fire, discharge(verb)

    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 away

    Antonyms:
    hire, engage, employ

12. fire(verb)

    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, arouse

    Antonyms:
    engage, hire, employ

13. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate(verb)

    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, net

    Antonyms:
    engage, hire, employ

14. fire, discharge, go off(verb)

    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 off

    Antonyms:
    engage, employ, hire

15. fire(verb)

    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, arouse

    Antonyms:
    engage, hire, employ

16. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke(verb)

    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 alive

    Antonyms:
    hire, employ, engage

17. 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, 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

    Antonyms:
    hire, employ, engage

18. fuel, fire(verb)

    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

    Antonyms:
    hire, engage, employ

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fire(verb)

   Synonyms:
   set on fire

2. fire(verb)

   Synonyms:
   shoot, let off, loose, open fire

3. fire(noun)

   Synonyms:
   cards, dismiss, heave-ho, throw out, redundant, sack, give the elbow, let go, give the boot

4. fire(verb)

   To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).

   Antonyms:
   hire

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

1. 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

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

1. fire(n.)

   Synonyms:
   conflagration

2. fire(n.)

   Synonyms:
   heat, ardor, fervor

3. fire(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] light, lustre, radiance

4. fire(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   kindle, set on fire

5. fire(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   animate, excite, inspirit, rouse, inflame, stir up

6. fire(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   discharge, fire off

7. fire(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   take fire, be kindled

8. fire(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   discharge a gun, discharge firearms

9. fire(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   incendiary, political agitator

10. fire(v. n.)

    Synonyms:
    glow-worm (lampyris noctilucus)

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

1. fire(n)

   Synonyms:
   combustion, ignition, burning, phlogiston, conflagration, holocaust, deflagration, flame, blaze, bonfire, balefire, feu de joie, beacon

   Associated words:
   pyrology, pyrography, pyromania, pyrophobia, incendiary, incendiarism, arson, lurid, moloch, fuel, combustible, pyroleter, smolder, ignis fatuus, vulcan, hephæstus

2. fire(v)

   Synonyms:
   ignite, kindle, (Slang) discharge, dismiss, inflame, irritate, arouse, excite, incite, animate, quicken, vitalize, enthuse, inspirit, stoke, bake, burn, torrefy

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1. 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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1. Jason Cleary:

   The first time it was like, a little tiny fire. Then they swatted it off.

2. Robert Ouko:

   I have watched Rudisha this season and I am not sure if he has the fire in his belly that propelled him to Olympic glory and a world record four years ago, his saving grace could be the selection criterion set by Athletics Kenya (AK), where a third athlete is selected on merit.

3. Unknown, Army Magazine of Preventive Maintenance:

   A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you least expect it. This could make you very unpopular with what is left of your unit.

4. Apple LaserWriter manual:

   Do not expose your LaserWriter to fire or intense heat.

5. Shawna Hartman:

   This is real rough country out here, and the Black Hawks are helping us get water into areas we had difficulty getting to, there are deep canyons, drainages and gullies that are full of heavy fuels like prairie grasses and red cedar trees. They can hold the heat for a long time and let the fire jump from one place to another.

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