Synonyms of ignite

ignite

verb

ig-ˈnīt 

as in to burn

to set (something) on fire

tried using newspapers as kindling to ignite the logs in the fireplace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burn
• scorch
• light
• inflame
• fire
• kindle
• torch
• illumine
• enkindle
• illuminate
• bake
• cook
• immolate
• rekindle
• reignite
• ash
• incinerate
• brighten
• set off
• lighten
• broil
• char
• deflagrate
• stoke
• cremate
• radiate
• kiln
• relight
• irradiate
• sear
• frizzle
• scald
• bank
• scathe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguish
• quench
• put out
• choke
• smother
• douse
• dull
• dim
• stamp (out)
• snuff (out)
• suffocate
• obscure
• darken
• blacken

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ignite

Taub takes a broader view, seeing echoes of the conflicts that ignited the Revolution in the tensions of today. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Two hundred firefighters planned to work through the night battling a brush fire in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve that ignited Sunday, prompting warnings to hundreds of residents in the area, before crews halted the fire’s progress. — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

The fire ignited on July 7, after a lightning strike and later merged with a nearby wildfire. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors this week unveiled a new indictment against the man accused of igniting last year’s deadly fire in the Palisades, nixing one of the three original charges and revising the other two after a mistrial in federal court this summer. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026