Synonyms of ablaze

ablaze

adjective

ə-ˈblāz 

1

as in burning

being on fire

the entire block was ablaze by the time firefighters arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• blazing
• flaming
• aflame
• flickering
• smoldering
• ignited
• lit
• burned
• alight
• afire
• kindled
• inflamed
• fiery
• charred
• glowing
• combusting
• aglow
• live
• conflagrant
• searing
• flaring
• scorched
• hot
• roasting
• broiling
• sizzling
• seared
• scorching
• singed
• red-hot
• piping hot
• scalding
• incinerated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• dead
• choked
• smothered
• quenched
• stamped (out)
• damped
• snuffed (out)
• doused
• suffocated

2

as in illuminated

filled with much light

that night the ballroom, ablaze with light, looked very different from the curtained room it usually was by day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illuminated
• lit
• illumined
• light
• bright
• alight
• brightened
• ignited
• highlighted
• shiny
• lightsome
• kindled
• sunny
• sunlit
• moonlit
• floodlit
• spotlighted
• sunshiny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blackened
• darkened
• dusk
• dark
• dusky
• dimmed
• unlit
• pitch-black
• darkling
• pitch-dark
• darkish
• lightless
• gloomy
• somber
• obscured
• shadowy
• cloudy
• tenebrous
• pale
• gray
• murky
• leaden
• sunless
• shadowlike
• lightproof

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ablaze

Here being Los Angeles, stretches of which then resembled the coming of Ragnarök, when a battle between gods and fire giants ends with the whole world ablaze. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 Aug. 2026

Huff removed the gas tank, doused it in diesel fuel, and set ablaze. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

But on a muddy Tuesday flecked with rain, as the House of the Dragon crew sets to work filming their season-three finale, the signs of a brutal battle that will set the bustling village of Tumbleton ablaze are impossible to ignore. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Firefighters found a two-story house ablaze with flames visible from a rear first-story window, and quickly used a hose like to put out the fire. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026

Continue reading … UNDER FIRE — Crew member missing after fourth attack leaves ship ablaze in key oil route. — FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Most of it would be ablaze the following week, five days later. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

Mets fans may note that neither Sproat nor Williams is setting the world ablaze in 2026 — perhaps that will give you pause before getting too excited about Smith, Pitre and Hill. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Now the area was ablaze; Aragüés found out not long ago that, sadly, the memorial had burned. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026