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1. (noun) fire
the event of something burning (often destructive)
Synonyms: fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame
Antonyms: hire, engage, employ

2. (noun) fire, firing
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
Synonyms: dismissal, fervor, ignition, firing, fervency, lighting, fire, firing off, dismission, inflammation, sack, attack, discharge, release, ardour, sacking, liberation, fervour, flame, fervidness, ardor, kindling, flaming, flak, flack, blast
Antonyms: employ, hire, engage

3. (noun) fire, flame, flaming
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Synonyms: fire, fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame
Antonyms: engage, hire, employ

4. (noun) fire
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
Synonyms: fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame
Antonyms: hire, employ, engage

5. (noun) fire
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Synonyms: fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame
Antonyms: hire, engage, employ

6. (noun) ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness
feelings of great warmth and intensity
Synonyms: fervor, firing, fervency, flaming, flack, inflammation, zeal, excitement, excitation, fervour, flame, blast, fervidness, ardor, elan, flak, attack, ardour, fire
Antonyms: hire, engage, employ

7. (noun) fire
fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
Synonyms: fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame
Antonyms: hire, employ, engage

8. (noun) fire
a severe trial
Synonyms: fervidness, fervour, ardor, attack, blast, flaming, flak, fervor, firing, fervency, flack, ardour, flame
Antonyms: engage, hire, employ

9. (verb) fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
intense adverse criticism
Synonyms: ardour, antiaircraft gun, flaming, fervour, ardor, flak, tone-beginning, antiaircraft, onslaught, attempt, blow, fervidness, flak catcher, bam, onset, flack catcher, flack, clap, flame, ack-ack gun, eruption, attack, fire, gust, ack-ack, approach, firing, onrush, fervency, blast, bang, fervor, pom-pom, plan of attack, good time
Antonyms: hire, employ, engage

10. (verb) open fire, fire
start firing a weapon
Synonyms: send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, fire, arouse
Antonyms: hire, employ, engage

11. (verb) fire, discharge
cause to go off
Synonyms: unload, exhaust, kindle, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, give the axe, burn, assoil, can, provoke, drop off, empty, enkindle, give the sack, sack, set down, elicit, fuel, fire, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, exculpate, dismiss, release, raise, clear, put down, acquit, burn down, drop, discharge, evoke, exonerate, free, force out, eject, terminate, muster out, send away
Antonyms: hire, engage, employ

12. (verb) fire
bake in a kiln so as to harden
Synonyms: send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, arouse
Antonyms: engage, hire, employ

13. (verb) displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Synonyms: throw out, kindle, notify, depose, advise, gouge, go off, give the axe, burn, tin, can, apprize, rout out, plunder, enkindle, give the sack, put up, sack, end, give the bounce, evict, elicit, discount, finish, move, fire, stop, arouse, drive out, crowd out, brush off, squeeze out, give notice, open fire, usher out, displace, send packing, send word, apprise, dissolve, push aside, dismiss, give the gate, raise, clear, ignore, provoke, sack up, burn down, cease, squirt, rouse, brush aside, discharge, evoke, fuel, force out, preempt, eject, terminate, disregard, drop, send away, net
Antonyms: engage, hire, employ

14. (verb) fire, discharge, go off
go off or discharge
Synonyms: unload, exhaust, kindle, absquatulate, dispatch, complete, expel, go off, give the axe, burn, assoil, can, provoke, go over, drop off, empty, enkindle, give the sack, sack, set down, decamp, bolt, elicit, fuel, fire, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, implode, exculpate, abscond, dismiss, release, raise, clear, put down, acquit, burn down, drop, discharge, evoke, exonerate, free, force out, make off, eject, terminate, muster out, send away, come off, run off
Antonyms: engage, employ, hire

15. (verb) fire
drive out or away by or as if by fire
Synonyms: send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, arouse
Antonyms: engage, hire, employ

16. (verb) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Synonyms: elevate, resurrect, force out, provoke, beset, send away, awake, levy, call forth, chivy, kick upstairs, give the sack, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, harry, upgrade, educe, dismiss, kick up, fire, leaven, chivvy, bring up, rouse, invoke, raise, wind up, recruit, inflame, chevvy, farm, extract, excite, grow, conjure, upraise, give the axe, prove, awaken, chevy, conjure up, conflagrate, molest, go off, displace, plague, wake, waken, turn on, enhance, give notice, terminate, fuel, arouse, wake up, can, sack, advance, perk up, stir, burn, burn down, put forward, sex, enkindle, evoke, rear, harass, draw out, set up, elicit, nurture, parent, energize, produce, erect, discharge, kindle, put up, promote, hassle, open fire, brace, energise, paint a picture, get up, call down, come alive
Antonyms: hire, employ, engage

17. (verb) burn, fire, burn down
destroy by fire
Synonyms: kindle, evoke, bite, sack, give the axe, burn, dismiss, go off, go up, enkindle, give the sack, cut, glow, elicit, burn up, terminate, fire, combust, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, sting, send away, raise, sunburn, provoke, can, burn down, cauterize, incinerate, discharge, burn off, fuel, force out, cauterise
Antonyms: hire, employ, engage

18. (verb) fuel, fire
provide with fuel
Synonyms: send away, kindle, raise, fuel, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, fire, arouse
Antonyms: hire, engage, employ

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'FIRE'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. FIRE
Combustion is the essential fact which is at the basis of that assemblage of visible phenomenon which we call fire; combustion being the continuous chemical combination of a substance with some
Synonyms: fire, blaze, burning, combustion, conflagration, flame

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