Synonyms of torches

torches 1 of 2

noun

plural of torch

as in igniters

a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property

several suspicious fires in the past few months have probably been set by the same torch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• igniters
• arsonists
• firebugs
• incendiaries
• pyromaniacs
• ignitors
• flamers
• immolators
• kindlers
• inflamers

torches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of torch

as in burns

to set (something) on fire

police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burns
• lights
• kindles
• fires
• scorches
• ignites
• enflames
• enkindles
• illumines
• inflames
• bakes
• illuminates
• immolates
• cooks
• ashes
• kilns
• chars
• sets off
• broils
• incinerates
• relights
• deflagrates
• brightens
• sears
• banks
• lightens
• irradiates
• stokes
• cremates
• frizzles
• rekindles
• scalds
• reignites
• radiates
• scathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguishes
• douses
• quenches
• snuffs (out)
• stamps (out)
• puts out
• chokes
• dowses
• smothers
• suffocates
• dims
• obscures
• darkens
• dulls
• blackens