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Synonyms for flare

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

flame up burn up blaze up burn off burst out erupt light

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Flame up

flame up, burn up, blaze up, burn off, anger

2. Burst out

burst out, erupt, break open, irrupt

3. Flame

light, flame, blaze, glare, shine, gleam, dazzle

Noun

flare-up, flair, flash, flicker, solar flare, flutter, blooper, flareout

Antonyms

tumblehome, smolder, glimmer

All antonyms of flare →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cause to burn; in particular, to burn off excess gas.

  2. v. 2

    To cause inflammation; to inflame.

  3. v. 3

    To open outward in shape.

    The sides of a bowl flare. (intransitive)

  4. n. 1

    A sudden bright light.

Related words

Word family
flare-up
Phrases
flare-up flare out flare gun flare stack flare tower solar flare

Forms

Plural
flares → flare-ups, flairs, flashes, flickers…
Past participle
flared
e.g. flared → angered, erupted, irrupted, lighted…

Choose the right word

Flare, Flame, Blaze, Flash or Light?

A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • erupt I feel like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flaresteady

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

By length

5 letters
light1, flash1, anger2, shine1, flame1, blaze1, flair1, glare1, erupt2, gleam1
6 letters
dazzle2, irrupt
7 letters
flicker2, flutter2, blooper2
8 letters
flareout

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
évaser
Español
extender