Synonyms for torch
tɔrtʃtorch

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1. torchverb

   Synonyms:
   flashlight, firebomb, ablaze, inflame, set, ignite, burn, brand

2. torchnoun

   A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source.

   The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.

   Synonyms:
   firebomb, ablaze, inflame, set, burn, ignite, brand, flashlight

3. torchnoun

   A portable source of electric light.

   Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.

   Synonyms:
   flashlight, brand

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1. torchnoun

   a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

   Synonyms:
   blowlamp, common mullein, flashlight, great mullein, blowtorch, woolly mullein, flannel mullein

2. common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsusnoun

   tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

   Synonyms:
   flannel mullein, flashlight, common mullein, blowlamp, woolly mullein, great mullein, blowtorch

3. flashlight, torchnoun

   a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

   Synonyms:
   flannel mullein, flashlight, common mullein, blowlamp, woolly mullein, great mullein, blowtorch

4. blowtorch, torch, blowlampverb

   a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

   Synonyms:
   great mullein, flashlight, common mullein, blowlamp, woolly mullein, flannel mullein, blowtorch

5. torchverb

   burn maliciously, as by arson

   "The madman torched the barns"

Matched Categories

1. • Burn
   • Electric Lamp
   • Light
   • Mullein

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1. torchnoun

   Synonyms:
   flambeau

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1. torchnoun

   Synonyms:
   flambeau (flaming torch), cresset

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1. List of paraphrases for "torch":

   flashlight, flame, blowtorch, shula, shola, flare, blaze, beacon, baton, lamp

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1. List of known nicknames for "Torch":

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1. The President:

   We can do all this while keeping lit the torch of liberty.

2. Patrick Leahy:

   While I will continue to serve Vermont, Marcelle and I have reached a conclusion : it is time to put down the gavel, it is time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter, who'll carry on this work for our great state. It's time to come home.

3. Rachel Kyte:

   You can't give birth safely if the midwife is holding a torch between her teeth.

4. Curtis Gordon:

   We trust in a spiritual realm, in our Creator, to give us undiscovered strength, we will make it through this. And that’s the thing, ‘ cause it’s bigger than us and we have to accept that. We carry that torch for Stephon Clark.

5. Alex Bregman:

   We always talk about passing the torch to the next guy, trying to continue good at-bat after good at-bat, when we do that, I think we’re an extremely good offense.