Thesaurus:kindle
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to cause to begin burning; to start a fire
Synonyms
- alight
- conflagrate
- fire
- fire up
- ignite
- inflame
- kindle
- light [⇒ thesaurus]
- light up
- set ablaze
- set afire
- set aflame
- set alight
- set fire
- set on fire
- torch
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Various
See also
- Thesaurus:burn
- Thesaurus:combust (intransitive)
Further reading
- “384. calefaction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “kindle” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.