Synonyms of ablaze

ablaze

adjective

1

as in burning

being on fire

the entire block was ablaze by the time firefighters arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• lighted
• illumined
• light
• bright
• alight
• brightened
• ignited
• shiny
• highlighted
• lightsome
• kindled
• sunny
• spotlit
• floodlighted
• sunlit
• floodlit
• moonlit
• spotlighted
• sunshiny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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