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

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

North Metro also emphasized that propane torches should not be used on weeds during the current fire restrictions. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Midwives delivered the baby using two mobile phone torches balanced on windowsills. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 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