Word Explorer

Burn

🔄 Synonyms of "Burn"

15 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
glownoun	(intransitive) To emit heat and light without a flame.
firenoun	(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
stingnoun	A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
bitenoun	(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
burningnoun	On fire.
incinerateverb	(transitive) To destroy by burning.
cauterizeverb	To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
combustnoun	To burn; to catch fire.
tannoun	A light, brown-like colour.
burn upverb	(intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
burn offverb	(transitive) To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food.
burn downverb	(transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
burn marknoun	a burned place or area
sunburnnoun	A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
suntannoun	A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
burn offverb	(transitive) To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food.
burn downverb	(transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
combustnoun	To burn; to catch fire.
burn upverb	(intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
incinerateverb	(transitive) To destroy by burning.
sunburnnoun	A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
suntannoun	A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
glownoun	(intransitive) To emit heat and light without a flame.
firenoun	(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
bitenoun	(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
stingnoun	A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
cauterizeverb	To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
tannoun	A light, brown-like colour.
burn marknoun	a burned place or area
scorchverb	(transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
singeverb	(transitive) To burn slightly.
scaldnoun	To burn with hot liquid.
scorched	Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
flamingnoun	On fire with visible flames.
igniteverb	(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)