ignite

The word “ignite” has 2 syllables: ig-nite

It's pronounced as /ɪɡˈnaɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for ignite?

In the thesaurus, “ignite” has 44 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ignite along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ignite

  • ash
  • bake
  • bank
  • brighten
  • broil
  • burn
  • burst into flames
  • catch fire
  • char
  • cook
  • cremate
  • deflagrate
  • enflame
  • enkindle
  • fire
  • flare up
  • frizzle
  • illuminate
  • illumine
  • immolate
  • incinerate
  • inflame
  • irradiate
  • kiln
  • kindle
  • light
  • lighten
  • put match to
  • radiate
  • reignite
  • rekindle
  • relight
  • scald
  • scathe
  • scorch
  • sear
  • set alight
  • set fire to
  • set off
  • start up
  • stoke
  • take fire
  • torch
  • touch off

Antonyms for ignite

Meanings of ignite

  • verb
    1. To set fire to (something), to light (something).
    2. To spark off (something), to trigger.
    3. To commence burning.
    4. To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.

Example Sentences

  • The spark of inspiration can ignite the flames of creativity.
  • His speech had the power to ignite a passion for change among the audience.
  • The dry leaves on the forest floor could easily ignite if exposed to a stray spark.
  • A single idea has the potential to ignite a revolution in the way we think.
  • Their shared vision for the future helped ignite a sense of purpose within the community.

On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ignite, such as: ash, bake, bank, blacken, brighten, broil, burn.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ablaze

  • afire
  • aflame
  • aglow
  • alight
  • angry
  • aroused
  • blazing
  • bright
  • brightened
  • brilliant
  • broiling
  • burned
  • burning
  • burnt
  • charred
  • combusting
  • conflagrant
  • enflamed
  • enthusiastic
  • fervent
  • fiery
  • flaming
  • flaring
  • flashing
  • flickering
  • floodlighted
  • floodlit
  • frenzied
  • fuming
  • furious
  • gleaming
  • glowing
  • heated
  • highlighted
  • hot
  • ignited
  • illuminated
  • illumined
  • impassioned
  • incandescent
  • incensed
  • incinerated
  • inflamed
  • intense
  • kindled
  • light
  • lighted
  • lightsome
  • lit
  • live
  • luminous
  • moonlit
  • on fire
  • passionate
  • piping hot
  • radiant
  • raging
  • red-hot
  • refulgent
  • roasting
  • scalding
  • scorched
  • scorching
  • seared
  • searing
  • shiny
  • singed
  • sizzling
  • smoldering
  • smouldering
  • sparkling
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • stimulated
  • sunlit
  • sunny
  • sunshiny
  • vehement

bake

baked

  • air-dry
  • arid
  • bone-dry
  • charred
  • cremated
  • dehydrated
  • desert
  • desertic
  • desertlike
  • dried
  • droughty
  • drunk
  • dry
  • enflamed
  • fired
  • fried
  • heated
  • hyperarid
  • ignited
  • incinerated
  • inflamed
  • intoxicated
  • kindled
  • lighted
  • lit
  • looped
  • melted
  • parched
  • rainless
  • scalded
  • scathed
  • scorched
  • sear
  • seared
  • sere
  • simmered
  • singed
  • stewed
  • stoned
  • sunbaked
  • thirsty
  • ultradry
  • warmed
  • wasted
  • waterless
  • xerothermic

bakes

fan

  • abet
  • activate
  • add fuel
  • addict
  • adherent
  • admirer
  • advocate
  • aerate
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • air conditioner
  • air-condition
  • air-cool
  • amateur
  • anger
  • animate
  • annoy
  • apostle
  • arouse
  • authority
  • backer
  • bang
  • batter
  • beat
  • blower
  • booster
  • bother
  • buff
  • buffet
  • bug
  • bum
  • champion
  • collector
  • connoisseur
  • convert
  • cool
  • cultist
  • devotee
  • dilettante
  • disciple
  • drive
  • encourage
  • energize
  • enflame
  • enkindle
  • enrage
  • enthusiast
  • evangelist
  • exasperate
  • excite
  • expand
  • expert
  • exponent
  • extend
  • faddist
  • fanatic
  • fancier
  • ferment
  • fiend
  • flabellum
  • flail
  • flap
  • flick
  • flicker
  • flit
  • flop
  • flutter
  • follower
  • foment
  • fool
  • freak
  • friend
  • gall
  • galvanize
  • get
  • groupie
  • habitue
  • hanger-on
  • head
  • hound
  • ignite
  • impassion
  • incite
  • increase
  • induce
  • inflame
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • irritate
  • jeer
  • junkie
  • junky
  • kindle
  • knock
  • lover
  • madden
  • maniac
  • maven
  • mavin
  • motivate
  • motive
  • move
  • nut
  • oscillate
  • palm leaf
  • palpitate
  • partisan
  • partizan
  • patron
  • pique
  • pound
  • promoter
  • proponent
  • provoke
  • pulse
  • pump up
  • quicken
  • raise
  • refresh
  • rooter
  • rouse
  • ruffle
  • set off
  • smack
  • spank
  • spark
  • spread
  • stimulate
  • stir
  • stir up
  • sucker
  • supporter
  • sway
  • swing
  • taunt
  • tease
  • thermantidote
  • throb
  • thump
  • trigger
  • undulate
  • upset
  • ventilate
  • ventilator
  • vex
  • vitalize
  • votary
  • wave
  • well-wisher
  • whip
  • whip up
  • wind
  • winnow
  • work up
  • zealot

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