Synonyms of on fire

on fire

phrase

as in passionate

having or expressing great depth of feeling

His heart was on fire from the day he met her.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of on fire

In the following days, looters tore through the streets, setting hundreds of buildings on fire. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

The regulations would put a heavy burden on fire agencies already charged with regularly inspecting properties in fire-risk areas, Schalet said. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Among the notable items in the collection are a bevy of bass guitars that were burned onstage during the Nimrod and Warning tours, when drummer Tré Cool would set his kit on fire back in the late Nineties and early 2000s. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Then his uncle called and said the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office had reached out about Nikki’s truck, which had been found on fire. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026