Burn Synonyms and Antonyms

bûrn
To oxidize
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. combust
  2. blaze
  3. incinerate
  4. flame
  5. flare
  6. be on fire
  7. catch on fire
  8. consume
  9. burn up
  10. burn-down
  11. rage
  12. flash
  13. glow
  14. burn fiercely
  15. blaze-up
  16. flame-up
  17. flare-up
  18. burst-into-flame
  19. grow bright
  20. turn to ashes
  21. smolder
  22. smoke
To subject to fire
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. char
  2. cauterize
  3. scorch
  4. fire
  5. sear
  6. singe
  7. ignite
  8. cremate
  9. incinerate
  10. light
  11. kindle
  12. brand
  13. bake
  14. brown
  15. roast
  16. set-on-fire
  17. enkindle
  18. relight
  19. conflagrate
  20. consume with flames
  21. rekindle
  22. reduce to ashes
  23. set a match to
  24. anger
  25. set ablaze
  26. beat
  27. set afire
  28. blaze
  29. torch
  30. braze
  31. brew
  32. broil
  33. cheat
  34. chisel
  35. combust
  36. consume
  37. toast
  38. deflagrate
  39. desire
  40. heat
  41. flame
  42. flicker
  43. gutter
  44. blacken
  45. overcook
  46. incremate
  47. carbonize
  48. inflame
  49. consign to the flame
  50. oxidize
  51. parch
  52. raze
  53. scald
  54. sizzle
  55. skin
  56. smolder
  57. squander
  58. sterilize
  59. sting
  60. sun
  61. swindle
  62. tan
  63. tingle
  64. waste
  65. burn-down
  66. cauterise
Antonyms:
  1. extinguish
  2. put out
  3. quench
  4. wet
  5. cool
  6. smother
To emit a bright light
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. glow
  2. beam
  3. blaze
  4. gleam
  5. incandesce
  6. radiate
  7. shine
To feel or cause to feel a burning sensation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bite
  2. sting
  3. smart
  4. throb
Damage or a damaged substance that results from burning
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scorch
  2. singe
  3. blister
  4. char
  5. sear
  6. burning
  7. sunburn
  8. scald
  9. wound
  10. impairment
  11. ambustion
  12. trauma
  13. arson
  14. first-degree-burn
  15. brazier
  16. second-degree-burn
  17. tan
  18. third-degree-burn
  19. cinder
  20. cineration
  21. windburn
  22. combustion
  23. reddening
  24. cremation
  25. effigy
  26. suntan
  27. bowstring
  28. incineration
  29. kindling
  30. tinder
To feel emotion suggestive of fire
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tingle
  2. lust
  3. Also used with up: anger
  4. desire
  5. yearn
  6. enrage
  7. thirst
  8. incense
  9. be excited
  10. be inflamed
  11. infuriate
  12. be aroused
  13. be stirred up
  14. madden
  15. breathe fire and fury
  16. provoke
*To cheat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. swindle
  2. inflame
  3. defraud
  4. irritate
  5. burn-off
  6. trick
  7. cut
  8. rob
  9. sting
  10. burn up
Antonyms:
  1. help
  2. aid
To be or become angry
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. anger
  2. blow up
  3. boil over
  4. bristle
  5. explode
  6. flare-up
  7. foam
  8. fume
  9. rage
  10. seethe
  11. steam
To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. boil
  2. bubble
  3. churn
  4. ferment
  5. seethe
  6. simmer
  7. smolder
Antonyms:
  1. stifle
  2. subdue
A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burn mark

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  • It looks like it's starting to burn good.

  • Will they burn the bridge or not?

  • Tomorrow, it may make me burn them.

  • What's the impact if we have to burn more?

  • He stood and watched it burn, feeling as if a part of him burned with it.

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