Synonyms for burning
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Flaming — so hot as to seem to burn (something)
flaming, scorching, fiery, hot, passionate, glowing, intense, ardent, flagrant, fervid, fervent, live, vehement, torrid, urgent, earnest, zealous, impassioned, enthusiastic
Noun
1. Combustion
combustion, fire, smoldering US, smouldering UK, incineration, cremation
Other
cautery, electrocution, cauterization, cauterisation UK, cineration dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
So hot as to seem to burn (something).
- n. 1
The act by which something burns or is burned.
Forms
- Plural
- burnings → combustions, fires, smolderings, incinerations…
Example sentences
- glowing Sami could see Layla's makeup glowing in the dark.
- fiery In each of us there lives the fiery soul of a warrior.
- flaming The juggler tossed a flaming baton to his partner.
- scorching How long until we can escape this scorching heat?
By length
- 3 letters
- hot1
- 4 letters
- live1, fire2
- 5 letters
- fiery3, afire2
- 6 letters
- living2, urgent2, ardent2, torrid2, fervid2
- 7 letters
- intense2, glowing2, earnest2, flaming2, fervent2, zealous2, caustic2, cautery
- 8 letters
- flagrant2, vehement3
- 9 letters
- scorching2, cremation3
- 10 letters
- passionate3, combustion3, smoldering3, cineration
- 11 letters
- impassioned3, smouldering
- 12 letters
- enthusiastic5, incineration5
- 13 letters
- electrocution5, cauterization5, cauterisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).