Synonyms for burning
ˈbɜr nɪŋburn·ing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burning

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, ardent, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burning, combustionnoun

   the act of burning something

   "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

2. burn, burningnoun

   pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

   Synonyms:
   burn mark, tan, burn, combustion, electrocution, burning at the stake, sunburn, suntan

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

3. combustion, burningnoun

   a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

4. electrocution, burningnoun

   execution by electricity

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

5. burning, burning at the stakenoun

   execution by fire

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

6. burningadjective

   a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

7. burning(a)adjective

   of immediate import

   "burning issues of the day"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Integrity
   • Execution
   • Oxidation
   • Pain

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burningadjective

   Synonyms:
   fiery, flaming, hot, scorching

2. burningadjective

   Synonyms:
   glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest

3. burningadjective

   Synonyms:
   vehement, powerful

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1. burningnoun

   Synonyms:
   combustion, cineration, incineration, cauterization, cautery, pyrography, arson, incendiarism, smoldering

2. burningnoun

   Synonyms:
   cremation, incremation

   Associated words:
   cremator, crematory, crematorium

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "burning":

   combustion, incineration, burn, fire, recording, smoldering, blazing, flue, blight, heating, fires, arson, ardour, hot-spot

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1. Tim Miller:

   It seems beneath the moment to spend so much time debating the finer points of healthcare plans that will be revised a hundred times before they are ever even proposed to Congress, let alone passed into law, while Rome is burning all around us, i would rather see more of a conversation about the forest, and less about the trees.

2. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell:

   Instead of saying we are going to go back to burning coal, we need to be constructive about how to address the real issue of unemployment and underemployment.

3. Leonard Cohen:

   Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

4. Brett VandenHeuvel:

   Those constitutional arguments, I think, are a last ditch effort, coal is dirty every step along the way, from the strip mines in Wyoming and Montana to the transport, and the burning of it in Asia.

5. Tom Andrews:

   The stress position is outrageous, i have seen reports of children being beaten, reports of children, of iron rods burning their legs, I've seen them detained for several days... I'm speechless and outraged and truly angry at what despicable behavior we're seeing.