Kindling Synonyms and Antonyms

kĭndlĭng
Material for starting a fire
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tinder
  2. firewood
  3. fuel
  4. touchwood
  5. punk
  6. accension
  7. enkindling
  8. coals
  9. incitement
  10. paper
  11. twigs
  12. sticks
  13. spunk
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. exciting
  2. stirring
  3. provoking
  4. rousing
  5. raising
  6. awakening
  7. wakening
  8. firing
  9. stimulating
  10. starting
  11. rising
  12. arousing
  13. enkindling
  14. moving
  15. lighting
  16. inspiring
  17. inflaming
  18. inciting
  19. evoking
  20. igniting
  21. glowing
  22. flocking
  23. eliciting
  24. awaking
  25. brooding
  26. animating
Combustion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ignition
  2. lighting
  3. burning
  4. firing
  5. inflammation
Cause to start burning
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. inflaming
  2. lighting
  3. igniting
  4. torching
  5. enkindling
  6. firing
Antonyms:
  1. extinguishing
  2. dousing

Kindling Sentence Examples

  • In a few minutes the kindling was burning.

  • Chopping wood with ice-axes and trying to get kindling lit.

  • As a teacher he had a remarkable power of kindling enthusiasm; and he sent out many distinguished pupils, among whom may be mentioned Hitzig, Schrader, Noldeke, Diestel and Dillma nn.

  • An ax may b e kept near a chopping block to make kindling.

  • His lectures and conversation classes were extraordinarily good, possessing as he did the rare gift of kindling the enthusiasm without curbing the individuality of his pupils.

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