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Synonyms for fire
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  1. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    set on fire

  2. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    shoot, let off, loose, open fire

  3. fireverb

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

  4. fireverb

    One of the four basic elements.

    Antonyms:
    hire

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. 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, flame

    Antonyms:
    hire, engage, employ

  2. fire, 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, blast

    Antonyms:
    employ, hire, engage

  3. fire, flame, flamingnoun

    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. firenoun

    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. firenoun

    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, fervidnessnoun

    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. firenoun

    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. firenoun

    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, 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 time

    Antonyms:
    hire, employ, engage

  10. open fire, fireverb

    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, 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 away

    Antonyms:
    hire, engage, employ

  12. fireverb

    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, 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, net

    Antonyms:
    engage, hire, employ

  14. fire, 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 off

    Antonyms:
    engage, employ, hire

  15. fireverb

    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, 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 alive

    Antonyms:
    hire, employ, engage

  17. burn, 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, cauterise

    Antonyms:
    hire, employ, engage

  18. fuel, 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

    Antonyms:
    hire, engage, employ

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. firenoun

    Synonyms:
    conflagration

  2. firenoun

    Synonyms:
    heat, ardor, fervor

  3. firenoun

    Synonyms:
    [Poetical.] light, lustre, radiance

  4. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    kindle, set on fire

  5. fireverb

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

  6. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    discharge, fire off

  7. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    take fire, be kindled

  8. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    discharge a gun, discharge firearms

  9. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    incendiary, political agitator

  10. fireverb

    Synonyms:
    glow-worm (lampyris noctilucus)

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How to use fire in a sentence?

  1. Mayor Jones:

    There were notifications sent out, but as I said over and over again, this fire was moving so rapidly we couldn't keep ahead of it.

  2. Don Rose:

    The reason people sweat is so they won't catch fire when making love.

  3. Ralph Norman:

    Given the scenario that if someone had walked into that diner and began to fire a weapon, I told them I would be able to defend myself and them as well.

  4. William Weinreb:

    The purpose of that kind of bomb is to shred flesh, shatter bone, set people on fire and cause people to suffer painful deaths.

  5. Cal Fire:

    The potential for growth remains high as crews battle the fire in difficult terrain.


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