Synonyms for kindle
ˈkɪn dlkin·dle

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1. kindleverb

   Synonyms:
   inspire, ignite, arouse

   Antonyms:
   extinguish, douse, dampen

2. kindleverb

   A collective term for a group of kittens.

   A kindle of kittens.

   Synonyms:
   inspire, arouse, ignite

   Antonyms:
   douse, extinguish, dampen

3. kindleverb

   To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).

   He kindled an enthusiasm for the project in his fellow workers.

   Synonyms:
   inspire, ignite, arouse

   Antonyms:
   dampen, douse, extinguish

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1. kindle

   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; the sun burns the face. One brands with a hot iron, but cauterizes with some corrosive substance, as silver nitrate. Cremate is now used specifically for consuming a dead body by intense heat. To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use. To kindle is to set on fire, as if with a candle; ignite is the more learned and scientific word for the same thing, extending even to the heating of metals to a state of incandescence without burning. To scorch and to singe are superficial, and to char usually so. Both kindle and burn have an extensive figurative use; as, to kindle strife; to burn with wrath, love, devotion, curiosity. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, brand, burn, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, flame, flash, ignite, incinerate, scorch, set fire to, set on fire, singe

   Antonyms:
   cool, extinguish, put out, smother, stifle, subdue

   Preposition:
   To burn in the fire, burn with fire; burn to the ground, burn to ashes; burn through the skin, or the roof; burn into the soil, etc.

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1. kindle

   Synonyms:
   light, ignite, excite, inflame

   Antonyms:
   extinguish, suppress, quench, allay

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1. kindle, inflameverb

   catch fire

   "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"

   Synonyms:
   enkindle, arouse, fire up, fire, heat, raise, evoke, wake, stir up, conflagrate, ignite, provoke, inflame, elicit

2. kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflameverb

   cause to start burning

   "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

   Synonyms:
   fire up, catch fire, provoke, ignite, inflame, wake, arouse, enkindle, stir up, evoke, erupt, elicit, conflagrate, combust, raise, take fire, fire, heat

3. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provokeverb

   call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

   "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

   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, put up, promote, hassle, open fire, brace, energise, paint a picture, get up, call down, come alive

Matched Categories

1. • Create
   • Flare Up
   • Ignite

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1. kindleverb

   Synonyms:
   light, ignite, enkindle, inflame, set fire to, set on fire

2. kindleverb

   Synonyms:
   excite, rouse, awaken, provoke, incite, stimulate, animate, whet, fire, exasperate, foment, enrage, set on, stir up, work up

3. kindleverb

   Synonyms:
   take fire

4. kindleverb

   Synonyms:
   get excited, grow warm, fly into a passion

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1. kindleverb

   Synonyms:
   enkindle, fire, ignite, incite, inflame, rouse

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1. Tryon Edwards:

   To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

2. Gustavo Diaz:

   I’ve done more with a Blackberry and Kindle than any soldier can do from inside Venezuela.

3. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

4. Carl Jung:

   As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

5. Marco Bulmer-Rizzi:

   I went to bed and David was to follow me shortly. He was just reading his Kindle. I woke up 45 minutes later and heard this awful noise and I turned on the light and he was lying at the bottom of the stairs in a bloodbath.