The brave fireman rescued a boy from the burning house.
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Fireman
//ˈfaɪɹmən//
Synonyms for "fireman" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
67 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- пожарника́р noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Czech
1 entries- topič noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
Danish
2 entries- brandmand noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- fyrbøder noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
Dutch
1 entries- brandweerman noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Esperanto
1 entries- hejtisto noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
Finnish
4 entries- lämmittäjä noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- lämmittäjä noun (assistant on any locomotive)
- palomies noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- syöttäjä noun (pitcher)
French
1 entries- chauffeur noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
German
2 entries- Feuerwehrmann noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- Heizer noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
Greek
2 entries- θερμαστής noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- πυροσβέστης noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Hebrew
3 entries- מַסִּיק noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- מַסִּיק noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- מַסִּיק noun (assistant on any locomotive)
Hungarian
4 entries- dobó noun (pitcher)
- dobójátékos noun (pitcher)
- fűtő noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- fűtő noun (assistant on any locomotive)
Icelandic
2 entries- brunaliðsmaður noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- slökkviliðismaður noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Irish
3 entries- fear dóiteáin noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- fear tine noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- fear tine noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
Italian
1 entries- pompiere noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Latin
3 entries- ignīnus noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- siphonarius noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- vigil noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Latvian
1 entries- ugunsdzēsējs noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Macedonian
2 entries- ло́жач noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- пожа́рникар noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Navajo
2 entries- kǫʼ deiniłtsésí noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- kǫʼ yiniłtsésí noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Norwegian
1 entries- brannmann noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fyrbøter noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
Polish
4 entries- miotacz noun (pitcher)
- palacz noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- palacz noun (assistant on any locomotive)
- strażak noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Portuguese
2 entries- bombeiro noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- homem do fogo noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Romanian
3 entries- fochist noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- fochist noun (assistant on any locomotive)
- pompier noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Russian
4 entries- кочега́р noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- пожа́рная noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- пожа́рник noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- пожа́рница noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fear-smàlaidh noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lòžāč noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- lòžāč noun (assistant on any locomotive)
- vatrogasac noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- ватрогасац noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Spanish
3 entries- bombero noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- fogonero noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- fogonero noun (assistant on any locomotive)
Swedish
3 entries- brandman noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
- eldare noun (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler)
- lokomotiveldare noun (assistant on any locomotive)
Volapük
1 entries- lefilahipoldan noun (male skilled in fighting fire)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I don't recall ever wanting to be a fireman or a baseball player as a youth.
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It took the fireman almost two hours to put out the fire.
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The fireman could not extinguish the flames.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.