Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "candle" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bedroom birthday cake cabinet candelabra candle store candleholder church dark dimly lit room drawer kitchen restaurant room shelf shop store sells candles synagogue table

Capable Of

burn at both ends burn brightly burn for hours emit light emit scent fire hazard heat dip light house light room light small area light small room light way start larger fire

Derived Terms

Advent candle Candlemas Easter candle Hefner candle Our Lord's candle Roman candle Yablochkov candle better to light a candle than to curse the darkness burn one's candle at both ends bush candle candle auction candle bush candle chart candle coal candle dance candle holder candle in the wind candle light candle magick candle power candle salad candle snuffer candle tree candle wax candle-end candle-light candle-shade candle-stub candle-waster candle-wasting candle-wick candle-wood candlebark candleberry candlebomb candlefish candleflame candleglow candleholder candleless candlelight candlelight vigil candlelighted candlelighter candlelighting candlelike candlelit candlemaker candlemaking candlenut candlepin candlepower candler candleshine candlestand candlestick candlestub candlewaster candlewax candlewick candlewood candleworks candlewright composite candle corpse candle courting candle cube candle death candle decimal candle desert candle devil's candle dip candle dipped candle ear candle electric candle fetch candle foot candle foot-candle grave candle hold a candle hold a candle for ice candle international candle mineral candle new candle not worth the candle oxygen candle paschal candle pillar candle rush candle sell by the candle standard candle sulfur candle sulphur candle sun candle taper candle tea candle the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long the game is not worth the candle time candle votive candle wax-candle yahrzeit candle …a single candle… …one candle… …one small candle… …the candle…

Etymologically Related To

candid

Has Part

wick

Context

embryology forestry pottery

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

candlepower unit examine lamp luminous intensity unit see

Type Of (IsA)

fuel housewares lamp light luminous intensity unit opaque thing smoothness source of illumination stick of wax

Manner Of

examine

Receives Action

burned for light extinguished found in store lit lit by using match lit with match snuffed

Related Terms

candela candelabrum candid candidate chandelier chandler chandlery

Related Terms

birthday candela candelabrum candid candidate candlepower candlestick chandelier chandler chandlery combustion egg embryo filter fire flame greenware illumination light light source lighting lit luminous intensity old old light paraffin pine si spark plug tallow wax wax flame wax illumination wax light wax wick waxy waxy light wick

Used For

ambiance bringing scents to area bruning burning celebrations colorful decoration create light creating aroma creating mood creating romatic mood at dinner decoration decorations focusing energy for spell heat illumination light light or scent light room light things when power out lighting way in dark luminosity provide light providing fuel for wick providing heat providing light put in chalice read when lights out romance romantic dinners set mood small light smell

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.