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