Need another word that means the same as “kindle”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “kindle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Kindle” are: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, provoke, raise, conflagrate, inflame, light, ignite, set alight, set light to, set on fire, set fire to, put a match to, set burning, get going, start, touch off, spark, rouse, wake, waken, awaken, quicken
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “kindle” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| arouse | To begin moving. An ability to influence the audience and to arouse the masses. |
| awaken | Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping. They were awakened to the sad facts. |
| conflagrate | Cause to start burning. |
| elicit | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses. I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna. |
| enkindle | Set on fire. Fresh remembrance of vexation must still enkindle rage. |
| evoke | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. The Green Paper evoked critical reactions from various bodies. |
| fire | Destroy by fire. Fire pottery. |
| get going | Perceive by hearing. |
| ignite | Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat. He lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes. |
| inflame | Become inflamed get sore. Comments that inflame what is already a sensitive situation. |
| light | Provide a light for someone so that they can see where they are going. I ll light you down to the gate. |
| provoke | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. Rachel refused to be provoked. |
| put a match to | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
| quicken | Show signs of life. On the third day after his death the human body of Jesus was quickened by the Spirit. |
| raise | Raise in rank or condition. Divers have located and hope to raise the submarine. |
| rouse | Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Once the enemy camp was roused they would move on the castle. |
| set alight | Arrange attractively. |
| set burning | Get ready for a particular purpose or event. |
| set fire to | Fix conclusively or authoritatively. |
| set light to | Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground. |
| set on fire | Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground. |
| spark | Emit sparks of fire or electricity. The explosion sparked a fire. |
| start | Play in the starting lineup. She had seen Meg start suddenly from a thicket. |
| touch off | Perceive via the tactile sense. |
| wake | Cause to become awake or conscious. We waked Jim last night. |
| waken | Cause to become awake or conscious. She knew he would waken in an hour or so. |
| blast | Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly. Damn and blast this awful place. |
| burn | Burn sear or freeze tissue using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. The sun burned off the fog. |
| burst | Cause to burst. He burst into the room without knocking. |
| combust | Cause to burn or combust. Riots combusted Pakistan after the U S air attacks on Afghanistan. |
| combustible | A combustible substance. A volatile and combustible personality. |
| combustion | The act of burning something. A large combustion plant. |
| erupt | Erupt or intensify suddenly. A boil had erupted on her temple. |
| explode | Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval. This is ludicrous she exploded. |
| explosion | The noise caused by an explosion. The information explosion. |
| explosive | Serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst. Explosive force. |
| fire | Set fire to. Hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes. |
| firework | A device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. A firework display. |
| flame | A brilliant orange red colour like that of flames. The person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed. |
| flammable | Easily set on fire. The use of highly flammable materials. |
| flare | Become flared and widen usually at one end. Every star seemed to flare with new intensity. |
| geyser | To overflow like a geyser. The pipe sent up a geyser of sewer water into the street. |
| ignite | Start or maintain a fire in. He lit a cigarette which ignited the petrol fumes. |
| incandescence | The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised. |
| incinerate | Destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning. The paper incinerated quickly. |
| inflame | Become inflamed get sore. The finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| lava | Rock that in its molten form as magma issues from volcanos lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface. Tablelands of lava. |
| matchbox | Very small. Her matchbox apartment. |
| pyrotechnic | Of or relating to the craft of making fireworks. Pyrotechnic smokes. |
| pyrotechnics | The art of making or displaying fireworks. He thrilled his audience with vocal pyrotechnics. |
| scald | Any of a number of plant diseases which produce an effect similar to that of scalding especially a disease of fruit marked by browning and caused by excessive sunlight bad storage conditions or atmospheric pollution. The tea scalded his tongue. |
| smolder | Have strong suppressed feelings. A smoldering fire. |
| spark | Emit sparks of fire or electricity. The ignition sparks as soon as the gas is turned on. |
| stoke | Stir up or tend; of a fire. He stoked up the barbecue. |
| torch | Tall stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. The shops had been looted and torched. |
| volcano | A mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapour, and gas are or have been erupted from the earth’s crust. Clare had been building up a silent volcano of resentment. |
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