Synonyms and Antonyms of burn

synonym (synonym of burn)

  • (verb)
    blaze, char, flame, incinerate, set fire to, brand, consume, flash, kindle, set on fire, cauterize, cremate, ignite, scorch, singe
    To burn is to subject to the action of fire, or of intense heat so as to effect either partial change or complete combustion; as, to burn wood in the more.. (verb)
     
  • (noun.state)
    burning
    pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    sunburn, suntan, tan
    a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    burn mark
    a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (verb.change)
    burn down, fire
    destroy by fire (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    glow
    shine intensely, as if with heat (verb.weather)
     
  • (verb.change)
    combust
    undergo combustion (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.perception)
    bite, sting
    cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
     
  • (verb.change)
    incinerate
    cause to undergo combustion (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    cauterise, cauterize
    burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.body)
    sunburn
    get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    cut
    create by duplicating data (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    burn off, burn up
    use up (energy) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (noun)
    strippet
    A small stream. (noun)
     

antonym (antonym of burn)

hypernym (burn IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun (noun.state)
    hyperpigmentation
    unusual darkening of the skin (noun.state)
     
  • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) (noun.attribute)
    blemish, defect, mar
    a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) (noun.attribute)
     
  • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation (noun.state)
    harm, hurt, injury, trauma
    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. (noun.state)
     
  • burn at the stake (verb.social)
    execute, put to death
    kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (verb.social)
     
  • burn with heat, fire, or radiation (verb.change)
    damage
    inflict damage upon (verb.change)
     
  • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (verb.change)
    care for, treat
    provide treatment for (verb.body)
     
  • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
    ache, hurt, smart
    be the source of pain (verb.perception)
     
  • cause to undergo combustion (verb.change)
    change integrity
    change in physical make-up (verb.change)
     
  • create by duplicating data (verb.creation)
    create, make, produce
    create or manufacture a man-made product (verb.creation)
     
  • damage inflicted by fire (noun.act)
    damage, harm, hurt, scathe
    the act of damaging something or someone (noun.act)
     
  • destroy by fire (verb.change)
    destroy, ruin
    destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
     
  • feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion (verb.emotion)
    experience, feel
    undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind (verb.emotion)
     
  • get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun (verb.body)
    color, colour, discolor, discolour
    change color, often in an undesired manner (verb.change)
     
  • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
    hurting, pain
    a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder (noun.state)
     
  • shine intensely, as if with heat (verb.weather)
    beam, shine
    emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light (verb.weather)
     
  • spend (significant amounts of money) (verb.possession)
    blow, squander, waste
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away (verb.possession)
     
  • undergo combustion (verb.change)
    change state, turn
    undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change)
     
  • use up (energy) (verb.consumption)
    consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
    use up (resources or materials) (verb.consumption)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF burn relation)

  • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) (noun.attribute)
    cigarette burn
    a burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette (noun.attribute)
     
  • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation (noun.state)
    electric burn
    a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    scorch, singe
    a surface burn (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    first-degree burn
    burn causing redness of the skin surface (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    second-degree burn
    burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    third-degree burn
    burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis (noun.state)
     
  • burn with heat, fire, or radiation (verb.change)
    blacken, char, scorch, sear
    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color (verb.change)
     
  • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
    nettle, urticate
    sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation (verb.perception)
     
  • cause to burn or combust (verb.weather)
    ignite, light
    cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat (verb.weather)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire
    set fire to; cause to start burning (verb.weather)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    char, coal
    burn to charcoal (verb.weather)
     
  • damage inflicted by fire (noun.act)
    scald
    the act of burning with steam or hot water (noun.act)
     
  • destroy by fire (verb.change)
    backfire
    set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    cremate
    reduce to ashes (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    torch
    burn maliciously, as by arson (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    scorch
    destroy completely by or as if by fire (verb.change)
     
  • shine intensely, as if with heat (verb.weather)
    gutter
    burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker (verb.weather)
     
  • undergo combustion (verb.change)
    burn down, burn up, go up
    burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    smolder, smoulder
    burn slowly and without a flame (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    scorch, sear, singe
    become superficially burned (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    deflagrate
    burn with great heat and intense light (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    flame
    be in flames or aflame (verb.weather)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    blaze up, burn up, flame up, flare
    burn brightly (verb.weather)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    blaze
    burn brightly and intensely (verb.weather)
     

entail (entailment relations of burn)

  • burn at the stake (verb.social)
    burn, burn down, fire
    destroy by fire (verb.change)
     
  • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (verb.change)
    scorch, sear
    make very hot and dry (verb.change)
     

cause (cause to relations of burn)

  • cause to burn or combust (verb.weather)
    burn, combust
    undergo combustion (verb.change)
     

verb group (burn is verb group of ....)

  • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
    burn
    feel hot or painful (verb.perception)
     
  • cause to burn or combust (verb.weather)
    catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire
    start to burn or burst into flames (verb.weather)
     
  • cause to undergo combustion (verb.change)
    incinerate
    become reduced to ashes (verb.change)
     
  • create by duplicating data (verb.creation)
    cut
    record a performance on (a medium) (verb.creation)
     
  • destroy by fire (verb.change)
    burn, combust
    undergo combustion (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    burn, incinerate
    cause to undergo combustion (verb.change)
     
  • feel hot or painful (verb.perception)
    bite, burn, sting
    cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
     
  • undergo combustion (verb.change)
    burn, burn down, fire
    destroy by fire (verb.change)
     

derivation (.... is derived from burn)

  • a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun (noun.state)
    bronze, tan
    get a tan, from wind or sun (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    suntan
    get a tan from being exposed to the sun (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    burn, sunburn
    get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun (verb.body)
     
  • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) (noun.attribute)
    burn, burn down, fire
    destroy by fire (verb.change)
     
  • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation (noun.state)
    burn, cauterise, cauterize
    burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (verb.change)
     
  • burn with heat, fire, or radiation (verb.change)
    burn, burn mark
    a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) (noun.attribute)
     
  • (adj.all)
    burnable, ignitable, ignitible
    capable of burning (adj.all)
     
  • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent (verb.change)
    cauterisation, cauterization, cautery
    the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    cauterant, cautery
    an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a more.. (noun.artifact)
     
  • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
    stinger
    a sharp stinging blow (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.state)
    burn, burning
    pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    sting, stinging
    a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung (noun.state)
     
  • cause to undergo combustion (verb.change)
    incineration
    the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    burner
    an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    incinerator
    a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse) (noun.artifact)
     
  • damage inflicted by fire (noun.act)
    burn
    burn with heat, fire, or radiation (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    burn, combust
    undergo combustion (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    burn, incinerate
    cause to undergo combustion (verb.change)
     
  • destroy by fire (verb.change)
    fire
    a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.process)
    fire, flame, flaming
    the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke (noun.process)
     
  • get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun (verb.body)
    erythema solare, sunburn
    redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    burn, sunburn, suntan, tan
    a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun (noun.state)
     
  • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
    bite, burn, sting
    cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (verb.perception)
     
  • shine intensely, as if with heat (verb.weather)
    glow, incandescence
    the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • undergo combustion (verb.change)
    burning, combustion
    a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light (noun.process)
     
  • (adj.all)
    combustible
    capable of igniting and burning (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    comburant, comburent, combustive
    supporting combustion (adj.all)
     
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