TORCH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TORCH?

Need another word that means the same as “torch”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “torch” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Torch” are: flashlight, blowlamp, blowtorch, aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein, lamp, light, beacon, firebrand, brand, burn, set fire to, set on fire, set light to, set alight, incinerate, ignite, kindle, put a match to, set a match to, start, touch off

Torch as a Noun

Definitions of "Torch" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “torch” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An arsonist.
• A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
• A small portable battery-powered electric lamp.
• Used to refer to a valuable quality, principle, or cause, which needs to be protected and maintained.
• A portable battery-powered electric lamp.
• Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.
• A light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance.
• A blowlamp.
• A portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow and ignited, sometimes carried ceremonially.

Synonyms of "Torch" as a noun (14 Words)

aaron's rod	A gangster’s pistol.
beacon	A hill suitable for a beacon. The prospect of a new government was a beacon of hope for millions.
blowlamp	A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
blowtorch	A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
brand	A branding iron. There s a new brand of hero in the movies now.
common mullein	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
firebrand	A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning. A political firebrand.
flannel mullein	Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth.
flashlight	A small portable battery-powered electric lamp.
great mullein	A person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field.
lamp	A device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or oil and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade. A table lamp.
light	Mental understanding as an enlightening experience. Christmas lights.
verbascum thapsus	Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches.
woolly mullein	Fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving.

Usage Examples of "Torch" as a noun

• Mountain warlords carried the torch of Greek independence.

Torch as a Verb

Definitions of "Torch" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “torch” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Burn maliciously, as by arson.
• Set fire to.

Synonyms of "Torch" as a verb (13 Words)

burn	Cause to burn or combust. He has money to burn.
ignite	Start to burn or burst into flames. Marsh gases ignited suddenly.
incinerate	Destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning. The paper incinerated quickly.
kindle	Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses. The young man kindled at once.
light	Make lighter or brighter. The gas wouldn t light properly.
put a match to	Estimate.
set a match to	Arrange attractively.
set alight	Get ready for a particular purpose or event.
set fire to	Become gelatinous.
set light to	Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink.
set on fire	Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
start	Set in motion cause to start. We plan to start building in the autumn.
touch off	Be equal to in quality or ability.

Usage Examples of "Torch" as a verb

• The shops had been looted and torched.
• The madman torched the barns.

Associations of "Torch" (30 Words)

bulb	A light bulb. The bulb of a syringe.
burn	Burn with heat fire or radiation. Her forehead was burning and her throat ached.
candle	Stick of wax with a wick in the middle. The egg was candled it was fertile.
combust	Undergo combustion. When fossil fuels are combusted oxides are emitted into the atmosphere.
combustion	The process of burning something. A large combustion plant.
filament	A conducting wire or thread with a high melting point, forming part of an electric bulb or thermionic valve and heated or made incandescent by an electric current. Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments.
fire	A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning. I had to fire men who ve been with me for years.
flame	Be in flames or aflame. Send out an unsolicited email and you could possibly receive thousands of flames.
flammable	Easily set on fire. The use of highly flammable materials.
flash	A newsflash. A shooting star flashed and was gone.
flashlight	A flashing light used for signals and in lighthouses.
furor	An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
ignite	Arouse or inflame (an emotion or situation. Marsh gases ignited suddenly.
illumination	A condition of spiritual awareness divine illumination. These books form the most sustained analysis and illumination of the subject.
incandescence	The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised.
incandescent	Extremely angry. An incandescent lamp.
inflame	Become inflamed get sore. High fines further inflamed public feelings.
inflammation	A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat. Chronic inflammation of the nasal cavities.
kindle	(of an emotion) be aroused. The young man kindled at once.
lamp	Hunt at night using lamps especially for rabbits. An evil fire out of their eyes came lamping.
lantern	A square, curved, or polygonal structure on the top of a dome or a room, with the sides glazed or open so as to admit light. The building is well lit by the ring of windows in the octagonal lantern.
light	Provide a light for someone so that they can see where they are going. He asked me for a light.
lighting	The craft of providing artificial light. The lighting was very flat.
pyrotechnic	Brilliant or sensational. A pyrotechnic wit.
smolder	A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame. A smoldering fire.
smoulder	Smoke coming from a smouldering fire. Anna smouldered with indignation.
spark	Produce sparks at the point where an electric circuit is interrupted. A high tension wire brought down by a storm can continue to spark.
tinder	Material for starting a fire. He lit it with a tinder.
watt	The SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the rate of consumption of energy in an electric circuit where the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere.
wick	A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame. The physician put a wick in the wound to drain it.