I ignite the stove.
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Ignite
/ɪɡˈnaɪt/
Synonyms for "ignite" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Verb(16 words)
lightaflarealightarousebrandenburncatalyzingcatch firecombustconflagratedeflagratedetonatedetonatesemotionalizesenergize discussionenkindled
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
illuminateinflamekindlelightlight uppiquerekindlerelightrelumeset fire toset on firespunk upstir the firestokestoke the firestrikestrike a lighttake firetorchtouch
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touch off
Adjective(2 words)
Related word relations
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesignite a debateignite a movementignite curiosityignite interestignite passionignite the spark
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndez verb (to set fire to, to light)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἴθω verb (to set fire to, to light)
Armenian
2 entries- կրակ տալ verb (to set fire to, to light)
- վառել verb (to set fire to, to light)
Basque
1 entries- sutu verb (to set fire to, to light)
Bulgarian
2 entries- запалвам verb (to set fire to, to light)
- паля verb (to set fire to, to light)
Catalan
1 entries- encendre verb (to set fire to, to light)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 點火 /点火 verb (to set fire to, to light)
- 點燃 /点燃 verb (to set fire to, to light)
Czech
1 entries- vznítit verb (to set fire to, to light)
Dutch
3 entries- aansteken verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ontbranden verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ontsteken verb (to set fire to, to light)
Esperanto
2 entries- ekbruligi verb (to set fire to, to light)
- fajrigi verb (to set fire to, to light)
Finnish
1 entries- sytyttää verb (to set fire to, to light)
French
2 entries- allumer verb (to set fire to, to light)
- mettre le feu verb (to set fire to, to light)
German
2 entries- anzünden verb (to set fire to, to light)
- zünden verb (to set fire to, to light)
Gheg Albanian
1 entries- nez verb (to set fire to, to light)
Greek
2 entries- ανάβω verb (to set fire to, to light)
- πυρπολώ verb (to set fire to, to light)
Hebrew
3 entries- הבעיר verb (to set fire to, to light)
- הדליק verb (to set fire to, to light)
- הצית verb (to set fire to, to light)
Hittite
1 entries- 𒉿𒅈𒉡 verb (to set fire to, to light)
Ingrian
3 entries- syttää verb (to set fire to, to light)
- sytyttää verb (to set fire to, to light)
- virittää verb (to set fire to, to light)
Irish
1 entries- adhain verb (to set fire to, to light)
Italian
1 entries- incendiare verb (to set fire to, to light)
Japanese
1 entries- 火を点ける verb (to set fire to, to light)
Kazakh
1 entries- тұтандыру verb (to set fire to, to light)
Khmer
1 entries- បញ្ឆេះ verb (to set fire to, to light)
Korean
2 entries- 불을 지르다 verb (to set fire to, to light)
- 점화(點火)하다 verb (to set fire to, to light)
Ladin
2 entries- de fuech verb (to set fire to, to light)
- tizé verb (to set fire to, to light)
Latin
2 entries- ignio verb (to set fire to, to light)
- incendō verb (to set fire to, to light)
Macedonian
1 entries- запали verb (to set fire to, to light)
Marathi
1 entries- पेटवणे verb (to set fire to, to light)
Mongolian
2 entries- асаах verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ноцоох verb (to set fire to, to light)
Māori
1 entries- whakakāpura verb (to set fire to, to light)
Old English
1 entries- onǣlan verb (to set fire to, to light)
Polish
2 entries- zapalać verb (to set fire to, to light)
- zapalić verb (to set fire to, to light)
Portuguese
2 entries- acender verb (to set fire to, to light)
- incendiar verb (to set fire to, to light)
Romanian
2 entries- aprinde verb (to set fire to, to light)
- da foc verb (to set fire to, to light)
Russian
4 entries- воспламени́ть verb (to set fire to, to light)
- воспламеня́ть verb (to set fire to, to light)
- заже́чь verb (to set fire to, to light)
- зажига́ть verb (to set fire to, to light)
Sardinian
1 entries- affoghizare verb (to set fire to, to light)
Spanish
4 entries- encender verb (to set fire to, to light)
- ignicionar verb (to set fire to, to light)
- incendiar verb (to set fire to, to light)
- poner ignito verb (to set fire to, to light)
Swedish
1 entries- tända verb (to set fire to, to light)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đốt verb (to set fire to, to light)
Welsh
1 entries- cynnau verb (to set fire to, to light)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Sometimes, I think the president is just trying to ignite a controversy when he gives a speech.
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What you wish to ignite in another must burn inside you.
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What you want to ignite in others has to be burning within yourself.
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Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.