Synonyms and antonyms of To burn, or to start a fire in British Thesaurus

burn (verb)

if a fire or flame burns, it produces light and heat

light (verb)

to make something start to burn

blaze (verb)

to burn strongly and brightly

flame (verb)

to burn more brightly

ignite (verb)

to start to burn

go up ()

to start burning quickly or explode

catch (verb)

to start to burn

kindle (verb)

to start a fire by lighting small pieces of wood or paper that will burn easily

catch fire ()

to start burning

set fire to something ()

to make something start burning

bank up ()

to put a lot of coal onto a fire so that it will burn slowly and for a long time

burst into flames ()

to suddenly start burning with large flames

char (verb)

if something chars or is charred, it is burnt until its outer surface becomes black

fan (verb)

to make a fire burn more strongly by moving air onto it

flare off ()

to burn gas and let it go into the atmosphere

flicker (verb)

if a flame or light flickers, it does not burn evenly, or it goes on and off

glow (verb)

if something very hot glows, it looks red or orange and burns without producing flames

go up in smoke ()

to be destroyed by fire

gutter (verb)

literary if a flame gutters, it is weak and does not burn steadily

ignite (verb)

formal to make something start to burn

light (verb)

to start to burn

smoke (verb)

if a fire smokes, it produces a lot of smoke

smolder ()

the American spelling of smoulder

smoulder (verb)

to burn slowly, producing smoke but no flames

stoke (verb)

to add fuel to a fire

strike (verb)

to rub a match with a short quick movement against a hard surface, producing a flame

strike (verb)

if a match strikes, it produces a flame as a result of being rubbed with a short quick movement against a hard surface