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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of torches

Noun

Yet the last few days have been spent hoisting pitchforks and lighting torches over an issue that, at its core, is less about merit and more about logistics. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026

Lights from torches and Navi the fairy play off the floors and walls of dungeons with lavish detail, making metal glint and bringing out the cracks and contours of stone and tile. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Ancient viewers would have relied on beeswax and tallow candles, incense burners and torches. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Protesting steelworkers walked around the Riverside pitch in 2015, torches lit on their mobile phones. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The bundle also includes four torches to keep the bugs at bay. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Tamekia Morris didn’t start her career thinking about welding torches or HVAC units. — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Tables and seating are arranged around a crackling fire with torches and ambient lighting surround the venue under the open sky and stars. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Bulky lanterns, torches, and oversized fixtures can compete for attention, interrupt sight lines, and disrupt the flow of traffic when guests are over. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026

Verb

Continue reading … BENCH WARRED — Blanche torches Trump foe Boasberg after appeals court blocks judge again in deportation fight. — FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026

Hopper cut off a Demogorgon’s head, and Murray torches quite a few. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025