Igneous Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭgnē-əs
Produced by the action of fire or intense heat
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. formed by heat
  2. volcanic
  3. eruptive
  4. pyrogenic
  5. fiery
  6. pyrogenous
Antonyms:
  1. aqueous
Like or suggestive of fire
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fiery

Words Related to Igneous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hot
  2. molten
  3. metamorphic
  4. mafic
  5. granitic
  6. extrusive
  7. sedimentary
  8. plutonic
  9. gneiss
  10. igneous-rock
  11. felsic
  12. ultramafic
  13. breccia
  14. metasediments
  15. amphibolite
  16. pegmatite
  17. granodiorite

Igneous Sentence Examples

  • A complex of igneous rocks of different ages covers immense areas in the central Transvaal.

  • The system is without any notable amount of igneous rock.

  • Amongst the most interesting features of the Bakony-wald are the volcanic and the igneous rocks.

  • Tremolite-schist and anthophyllite-schist are in nearly all cases the representatives of the ultra-basic igneous rocks such as peridotite in regions of high metamorphism.

  • Grits, igneous rocks, ashbeds and limestones may and often do show cleavage.

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