Synonyms for smoldering

Most common

smoking · burning

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

extinguished, cool, cold

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.

   the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War

Related words

Other spellings

smouldering UK

Forms

Plural

smolderings → burnings, smokings…

Example sentences

• smoking Doctors suspect smoking has lot to do with cancer.
• burning There's an acrid smell here. Is something burning?

Popularity over time

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

By length

7 letters

burning², smoking²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (burning² = 2 syllables).