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

Nearly 120 engines along with dozens of bulldozers, water tenders and 11 helicopters are on fire lines. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Over the weekend, a Russian drone struck the Holy Vvedenska [Presentation] Church in southern Ukraine’s Beryslav historic settlement, setting it on fire, reported local news site Most. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

During an attack on an asylum-seeker shelter in Schmölln in the eastern state of Thuringia, in January 2024, two members of the group unsuccessfully attempted to set the building on fire using pyrotechnics. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Another resident reported seeing a car on fire after the crash, per ABC 7 News WJLA. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026