Thesaurus:combust

Thesaurus

combust

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Sense: to commence burning; to become ignited

Synonyms

• catch on fire
• catch fire
• combust
• conflagrate
• fire (dated)
• go up in flames
• go up in smoke
• ignite
• light    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spunk (obsolete)
• take fire (dated)

Antonyms

• burn out
• flame out
• go out
• gutter
• splutter

Hyponyms

• burn up

Hypernyms

• come into being    [⇒ thesaurus]
• happen    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:burn
• Thesaurus:kindle (transitive)

Further reading

• “384. calefaction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “combust” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.