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Synonyms for aflare

  • adjective

Most common

alight ablaze afire aflame flaring

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Alight — flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion)

alight, ablaze, afire, aflame

Other

flaring

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion).

Example sentences

  • alight The fire brigade arrived to find the house well alight.
  • ablaze The house was ablaze when the fire engine arrived.
  • aflame Keep on setting my heart aflame, I like it so far!
  • flaring His wife repulsed him on the pretext that her headaches were flaring up again.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
aflaresteady
alightrising
ablazerising
afirerising
aflamerising
flaringsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
afire2
6 letters
alight2, ablaze2, aflame2
7 letters
flaring2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (afire2 = 2 syllables).