We thought Mary and Tom were lost at sea but then we saw the distress flare.
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Flare
/flɛə̯/
Synonyms for "flare" (334 found)
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Closest matches (67)
additionadjunctaggrandizementaid to navigationalarmamber lightampliationamplificationangeraugmentationbackfirebakebalefirebangbarragebe brightbe in heatbeaconbeacon firebeam
Strong matches (100)
burst forthcaution lightchafechokecombustcookcrescendocressetdartdazedazzledefinitiondeflagrationdeploydeploymentdetonationdiffuse lightdischargedispersedispersion
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enlargeenlargementerupteruptionexpandexpansionexplodeexplosionextendextensionfaculafanfan outfanning outfirefirecrackerfireworksflambeauflameflame upflaming torchflare upflare-upflashflash fireflickerflushflutterfog bellfog signalfog whistlefoghornfringe areafryfulguratefulgurationfulminationfumefuseegaspghostgive lightglanceglaregleamgleam of lightglimmerglintglowgo light
Related words (167)
gong buoygranulationgreen lightgridhard shadowheliographhigh signhikingimageincandesceincandescenceincreaseinternational alphabet flaginternational numeral pennantkickkindleleerlightlinkluminosity
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lustermagnificationmarker beaconmultiple imagenodnoisenudgeopenopen upoutburstoutspreadoutstretchovergrowoverrunpantparachute flareparchpicturepicture noisepicture shiftspilot flagpokepolice whistlequarantine flagradiateradiate heatradio beaconragerainraisingramifyred flagred lightreportroastrocketrollingroman candlerufflesailing aidscaldscanning patternscintillationscorchsee redseethesemaphoresemaphore flagsemaphore telegraphsend out raysshadingshimmershimmer with heatshineshine brightlyshootshoot out rayssignsignalsignal beaconsignal bellsignal firesignal flagsignal flaresignal gongsignal gunsignal lampsignal lightsignal mastsignal postsignal rocketsignal shotsignal sirensignal towersimmersmoldersmothersnowsnowstormsolar flaresolar prominencespar buoysparksplayspraddlespranglesprawlspreadspread like wildfirespread outspreadingsteamstewstiflestop lightsuffocatesweatswellswellingswelterthe nodthe winktoasttorchtouchtraffic lighttraffic signalunfolduppingwatch firewhite flagwidenwideningwigwagwigwag flagwinkyellow flag
Noun(26 words)
Verb(4 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
More specific
14 entriesCollocations
9 entriesbright flareemergency flareflare gunflare pathflare skirtflare stackflare upsignal flaresolar flare
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- разкрояване noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- сияние noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- ярка светлина noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Dutch
2 entries- brede broekspijp noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- vuurpijl noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Finnish
4 entries- hätäsoihtu noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- levennys noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- soihtu noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- valoammus noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
French
1 entries- fusée lumineuse noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
German
4 entries- Aufbördelung noun (widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width)
- Aufweitung noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- Bengalo noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- Bördelrand noun (widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width)
Greek
1 entries- φωτοβολίδα noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Irish
3 entries- lasair noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- spré noun (widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width)
- spré noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
Italian
1 entries- bagliore noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fakkel noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fakkel noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Polish
3 entries- blask noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- klosz noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- szwedy noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
Portuguese
1 entries- sinalizador noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Romanian
2 entries- evazare noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- semnal luminos noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Russian
4 entries- взрыв noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- вспо́лох noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- вспы́шка noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- клёш noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- trapez noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
Swedish
1 entries- lysraket noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Tagalog
1 entries- ansisilaw noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Turkish
1 entries- işaret ışığı noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
Welsh
4 entries- ffagliad noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- fflach noun (source of brightly burning light or intense heat)
- fflêr noun (widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans)
- ymlediad noun (widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width)
Sample sentences
57 total sentences available.
The friction that occurs during the violent vaporization process generates the flare.
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Leon lit a flare.
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Rodrigo lit a flare and burnt Rima.
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