Synonyms of arsonist

arsonist

noun

as in torch

a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property

they finally caught the arsonist, but only after he'd set fire to four barns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• torch
• firebug
• igniter
• pyromaniac
• incendiary
• flamer
• kindler
• inflamer
• immolator

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of arsonist

But other fires have been attributed to arsonists or criminal negligence. — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Yes, doubtless that many are sparked by lightning or other naturally occurring things, but a fair number of arsonists have been arrested over the past few years for deliberately starting them. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Haney said that the Palisades Fire was a separate blaze started by unidentified arsonists and that prosecutors lacked physical evidence linking Rinderknecht to arson. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 26 June 2026

Prosecutors have spent the duration of the trial painting Rinderknecht as a vengeful, mentally unstable arsonist who was angry at society. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

That’s like giving somebody credit for literally an arsonist starting a fire and getting credit for running out of the burning building. — NBC news, 21 June 2026

An alleged arsonist was arrested on Saturday for setting fire to a Ventura County motel, according to authorities. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 June 2026

Moscow regularly recruits young men of various nationalities — the Starmer arsonists were Ukrainian-born — as proxies in its shadowy hybrid warfare campaigns, Reuters reported. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 June 2026

Josh Shapiro’s family was asleep in the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion last year when the house was set ablaze by an arsonist, and Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman, who led the House Democratic caucus, was shot and killed in her home. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026