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. Eric Swalwell:

   That candidate was then-Sen. Joe Biden. Joe Biden was right when Joe Biden said that 32 years ago, joe Biden is still right today. If we are going to solve the issue, pass the torch. If we are going to solve climate chaos, pass the torch. If we want to end gun violence and solve student debt, pass the torch.

2. Elizabeth Warren:

   This court has lost legitimacy. They have burned whatever legitimacy they may still have had after their gun decision, after their voting decision, after their union decision, they just took the last of it and set a torch to it.

3. Krissy Miles:

   Instead, the Bible tells us that Abram ‘fell into a deep sleep’ and had a vision of ‘a smoking firepot and a blazing torch’ passing between the pieces.

4. Carlos Viana:

   I want to carry the Olympic torch to show that it's possible to overcome adversity.

5. Joe Biden:

   I'm holding onto that torch. I want to make that clear.