Related Searches
Nearby Words
Ads
LogMeIn Remote Access App itunes.apple.com/logmein Access Your Desktop Remotely The LogMeIn App For iPad & iPhone
Thesaurus.com's Mobile Apps www.thesaurus.com/mobile Ad-Free, Offline Content, Synonyms, Antonyms and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play over with fire |
| Synonyms: | blaze, burn, dart, flick, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, ignite, kindle, leap, palpitate, quiver, ripple, run over, shoot, touch, tremble, vacillate, vibrate, waver |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start on fire |
| Synonyms: | burn, enkindle, fire, flame, ignite, inflame, kindle, set fire to, set on fire, spark, strike a match |
| Antonyms: | drench, extinguish, put out, quench |
| Main Entry: | pique |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, provoke |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affront, annoy, arouse, bother, bug*, displease, egg on, exasperate, excite, fire up, gall, galvanize, get a rise out of, get under skin, get*, give a hard time, give the business, goad, goose, grab, ignite, incense, irk, irritate, kindle, make waves, miff, mortify, motivate, move, nettle, offend, peeve, prick, put out, quicken, rile, rouse, spur, stimulate, sting*, stir, vex, whet, work up, wound |
| Notes: | peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate' |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill |
| Synonyms: | bag*, barrage, blast, bombard, bring down, catapult, dispatch, drop the hammer, emit, execute, expel, explode, fire, fling, gun, hit, hurl, ignite, kill, launch, let fly, let go with, loose, murder, open fire, open up, pick off, plug, pop*, project, propel, pull the trigger, pump, set off, throw lead, torpedo, trigger, zap |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
| Antonyms: | backfire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | singe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blaze, brand, brown, cauterize, char, cook, flame, ignite, incinerate, parch, scald, scorch, sear, toast, torch |
| Main Entry: | turn on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start the operation of |
| Synonyms: | activate, begin, energize, get started, ignite, initiate, introduce, log on, put in gear, put on, set in motion, start up, switch on |
| Antonyms: | close, end, finish, shut down, turn off |
| Main Entry: | combust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
| Synonyms: | blaze, catch fire, catch on fire, flame, ignite |
| Main Entry: | enkindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | light |
| Synonyms: | burn, fire, ignite, kindle, set fire to |
| Main Entry: | luminesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glow |
| Synonyms: | be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame*, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, incandesce, kindle, light, mantle, pink*, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine*, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
