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

Firefighters first received a 911 call about a mattress on fire in the basement. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026

Crerand was two when his father, on fire watch at a shipyard, was hit and killed by a Luftwaffe bomb. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 July 2026

From 2009, Tibet was hit by a wave of self-immolations, when at least 159 predominantly young Tibetans set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Footage on social media showed a van and a motorcycle on fire and bloodstains on a busy street near the headquarters of the Tourism Ministry and the Damascus National Museum. — Omar Albam, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026