1. (noun)burn, burning pain that feels hot as if it were on fire Synonyms: burn mark, tan, burn, combustion, electrocution, burning at the stake, sunburn, suntan, burning
2. (noun)tan, suntan, sunburn, burn a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun Synonyms: burning, topaz, erythema solare, burn, tangent, burn mark, sunburn, suntan, tan
3. (noun)burn an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation Synonyms: tan, suntan, burning, burn mark, sunburn
4. (noun)burn, burn mark a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) Synonyms: tan, suntan, burning, burn mark, burn, sunburn
5. (verb)burn damage inflicted by fire Synonyms: tan, suntan, burning, burn mark, sunburn
6. (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
7. (verb)burn, glow shine intensely, as if with heat Synonyms: shine, beam, burn up, radiate, burn, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn down, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire
8. (verb)burn, combust undergo combustion Synonyms: throw a fit, fly off the handle, catch fire, take fire, ignite, flip one's wig, hit the roof, burn, burn up, blow up, lose one's temper, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, blow a fuse, combust, erupt, hit the ceiling, burn down, conflagrate, go ballistic, burn off, bite, cauterize, blow one's stack, have kittens, flip one's lid, glow, cauterise, fire, have a fit
9. (verb)bite, sting, burn cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort Synonyms: stick, burn down, seize with teeth, burn, prick, burn up, cut, twinge, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire
10. (verb)burn, combust cause to burn or combust Synonyms: throw a fit, fly off the handle, catch fire, take fire, ignite, flip one's wig, hit the roof, burn, burn up, blow up, lose one's temper, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, blow a fuse, combust, erupt, hit the ceiling, burn down, conflagrate, go ballistic, burn off, bite, cauterize, blow one's stack, have kittens, flip one's lid, glow, cauterise, fire, have a fit
16. (verb)cauterize, cauterise, burn burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent Synonyms: cauterize, burn up, burn down, burn off, sting, fire, combust, burn, cut, sunburn, incinerate, bite, glow, cauterise, callous
17. (verb)sunburn, burn get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun Synonyms: sting, burn down, burn off, cauterise, fire, burn up, cauterize, burn, glow, incinerate, sunburn, combust, cut, bite
1. burn 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 fire; to burn one's hand on a hot stove; th Synonyms: burn, blaze, char, flame, incinerate, set fire to, brand, consume, flash, kindle, set on fire, cauterize, cremate, ignite, scorch, singe Antonyms: cool, extinguish, put out, smother, stifle, subdue
Synonyms for burn 
