Synonyms for torch
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Set fire to — to intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance…
fire, light, set fire to, set on fire, light up, ignite, kindle, inflame, conflagrate, set alight, incense, enkindle dated
Noun
1. Torchlight — A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin…
2. Firebrand — A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin…
3. Blowlamp
4. Great mullein
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.
- v. 2
Of a fire: to burn.
The flames torched up twenty feet in the air.
- n. 1
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire’s castle.
- n. 2
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source. A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
Related words
Example sentences
- kindle Will you buy a Kindle, a Nook or a Kobo eReader?
- ignite What you wish to ignite in another must burn inside you.
By length
- 4 letters
- fire2, born1
- 5 letters
- light1, brand1
- 6 letters
- kindle2, ignite2, malign2, scathe
- 7 letters
- incense2, inflame2, combust2, cresset
- 8 letters
- flambeau, enkindle, forsweal, blowlamp
- 9 letters
- firebrand3
- 10 letters
- flashlight2, torchlight
- 11 letters
- conflagrate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).