Synonyms of fiery

fiery

adjective

ˈfī(-ə)-rē 

1

as in blazing

being on fire

the fiery Yule log made a splendid backdrop for our holiday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in searing

having a notably high temperature

the long, dangerous trek across the fiery desert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searing
• boiling
• hot
• burning
• molten
• red
• white-hot
• scorching
• fervent
• fervid
• heated
• sultry
• red-hot
• ardent
• torrid
• superheated
• broiling
• sweltering
• warm
• blazing
• warmed
• scalding
• roasting
• piping hot
• glowing
• sizzling
• seething
• igneous
• ultrahot
• tropical
• overheated
• steamy
• feverish
• inflamed
• toasty
• reheated
• flushed
• warmish
• summery
• muggy
• snug
• summerlike
• canicular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• icy
• cold
• bitter
• glacial
• frigid
• frozen
• freezing
• arctic
• ice-cold
• iced
• cool
• chilly
• snappy
• chill
• nippy
• snowy
• frosty
• wintry
• bone-chilling
• algid
• cooled
• subzero
• coolish
• chilled
• unheated
• coldish
• refrigerated
• shivering
• subfreezing
• numb
• benumbed
• blizzardly

3

as in passionate

having or expressing great depth of feeling

the fiery preacher held the members of the revival meeting spellbound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passionate
• warm
• passional
• fervent
• intense
• emotional
• ardent
• glowing
• religious
• demonstrative
• flaming
• blazing
• enthusiastic
• charged
• impassioned
• burning
• fervid
• incandescent
• vehement
• torrid
• red-hot
• perfervid
• superheated
• feverish
• hot-blooded
• warm-blooded
• sentimental
• zealous
• on fire
• sloppy
• sugary
• melodramatic
• histrionic
• gushy
• saccharine
• mawkish
• mushy
• sappy
• uninhibited
• obsessed
• schmaltzy
• gung ho
• frenzied
• maudlin
• infatuated
• gushing
• keen
• orgiastic
• enamored
• unrestrained
• unreserved
• overemotional
• overheated
• overexcited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• cool
• dispassionate
• impassive
• dry
• objective
• impersonal
• unemotional
• detached
• emotionless
• reserved
• undemonstrative

4

as in spirited

marked by a lively display of strong feeling

the controversial editorial sparked a page's worth of fiery letters to the editor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spirited
• passionate
• peppery
• spunky
• fervent
• brisk
• high-spirited
• aggressive
• militant
• feisty
• ambitious
• high-pressure
• mettlesome
• in-your-face
• gingery
• animated
• assertive
• energetic
• vivacious
• impassioned
• ardent
• kinetic
• perky
• bouncing
• sprightly
• animate
• frisky
• jazzy
• racy
• pushy
• jaunty
• scrappy
• peppy
• emphatic
• sparky
• spanking
• springy
• pert
• zippy
• bouncy
• vital
• obtrusive
• snappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaden
• dull
• boring
• spiritless
• halfhearted
• lifeless
• bloodless
• languid
• dead
• listless
• limp
• languorous
• lackadaisical
• inanimate
• sluggish
• inert
• sleepy
• tired
• lethargic
• torpid
• low-pressure
• unaggressive
• unassertive
• unambitious
• nonassertive
• unenterprising

5

as in combustible

capable of catching or being set on fire

with a fiery vapor like that, the lighting of a single match could cause an explosion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• combustible
• explosive
• combustive
• flammable
• inflammable
• ignitable
• incendiary
• burnable
• touchy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fireproof
• incombustible
• noncombustible
• nonflammable
• noninflammable
• nonexplosive
• unburnable
• nonburnable

6

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

since the governor was known for his fiery temper, naturally his aides always shielded him from bad news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• irascible
• passionate
• petulant
• peevish
• cross
• choleric
• testy
• snappish
• waspish
• snarky
• crotchety
• raspy
• pettish
• grouchy
• out of sorts
• out of humor
• grumpy
• crabby
• sensitive
• perverse
• prickly
• snippy
• quick-tempered
• short-tempered
• cranky
• stuffy
• short
• contentious
• bilious
• pugnacious
• cantankerous
• bellicose
• combative
• ornery
• ratty
• snappy
• disagreeable
• snarly
• belligerent
• snippety
• querulous
• surly
• dyspeptic
• curmudgeonly
• argumentative
• fretful
• fractious
• quarrelsome
• truculent
• ill-tempered
• scrappy
• sullen
• disputatious
• tetchy
• sulky
• pouty
• ill-humored
• ill-natured
• bearish
• cross-grained
• off-color
• huffy
• hot-blooded
• touchy
• thin-skinned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• outgoing
• sweet
• genial
• cordial
• affable
• gregarious
• amiable
• extroverted
• sociable
• companionable
• good-natured
• agreeable
• easygoing
• carefree
• relaxed
• good-tempered
• patient
• stoic
• tolerant
• well-disposed
• long-suffering
• understanding
• uncomplaining
• forbearing
• happy-go-lucky
• obliging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fiery

The observatory’s fiery swan song leaves a hole in NASA’s space science fleet that is unlikely to be filled anytime soon. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

Bystander video showed a fiery crater gouged into Military Trail, a major highway, with the pavement buckled and shattered around the wreckage. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday there were indications the jet was breaking apart before the fiery wreck and that investigators were zeroing in on weather conditions being a major factor in the incident. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Invented in 1946 in a San Sebastián bar and named for the fiery Rita Hayworth character, the pintxo is an icon. — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

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