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| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning |
| Synonyms: | blaze, bonfire, combustion, conflagration, devouring, element, embers, flare, glow, hearth, heat, holocaust, inferno, luminosity, pyre, scorching, tinder, warmth, campfire, charring, coals, flame and smoke, flames, hot spot, incandescence, oxidation, phlogiston, rapid oxidation, scintillation, sea of flames, searing, sparks, up in smoke |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to burn |
| Synonyms: | ignite, kindle, light, enkindle, put a match to, set ablaze, set aflame, set alight, set fire to, set on fire, start a fire, touch off* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage of projectiles |
| Synonyms: | attack, bombardment, bombing, cannonade, explosion, fusillade, hail, round, salvo, volley, bombarding, cannonading, crossfire, shelling, sniping |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate or throw a weapon |
| Synonyms: | cast, discharge, eject, explode, fling, heave, hurl, launch, let off*, loose, pitch, shell, shoot, toss, pull trigger, set off*, touch off* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, vigor |
| Synonyms: | élan, ardor, dash, drive, eagerness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, force, gusto, heat, intensity, life, light, liveliness, luster, passion, pep*, punch*, radiance, red heat*, snap*, sparkle, spirit, splendor, starch, verve, vim, vivacity, white heat*, zeal, zing, zip, brio, calenture, fervency, ginger, heartiness, impetuosity, scintillation, virtuosity |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, lethargy, spiritlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, arouse |
| Synonyms: | animate, electrify, enliven, exalt, galvanize, heighten, incite, inflame, inform, inspire, intensify, irritate, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill, enthuse, impassion, inspirit, intoxicate |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax*, boot*, can*, discharge, drop, eject, expel, give bum's rush, give marching orders, give one notice, give pink slip, give the sack, hand walking papers, kick out*, lay off, let one go, oust, pink slip*, sack*, terminate |
| Antonyms: | hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to life |
| Synonyms: | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deaden, discourage, kill |
| Main Entry: | ardor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, jazz*, keenness, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, spirit, turn on*, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing, fierceness |
| Antonyms: | coolness, frigidity, indifference, coldness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
| Synonyms: | beam, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, burst out, fulgurate, incandesce |
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard, expel |
| Synonyms: | ax*, boot*, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, heave*, remove, sack*, terminate, drum out, give a pink slip, give the heave ho |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or be thrown out |
| Synonyms: | banish, bounce*, bump, debar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with*, dump*, eighty-six*, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, extrude, fire, get rid of, kick out*, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing*, spew, spout, turn out, vomit, cast out, disbar, drive off, eruct, expulse, force out, give the boot, heave out, irrupt, kiss goodbye, show the gate to, spit out, squeeze out, throw overboard, unloose |
| Antonyms: | take in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | electrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrill, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire* |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
| Synonyms: | animate, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, galvanize, gladden, hearten, invigorate, pep up*, perk up*, pick up, quicken, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, spark, spice, stimulate, vivify, work up*, zap*, brace up, fire up, give a lift, give life to, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, put pep into, recreate, snap out of it, spice up, vivificate, wake up |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keen interest, excitement |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, ardor, avidity, conviction, craze, dash, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, ecstasy, emotion, energy, exhilaration, fad, fanaticism, feeling, fervor, fever, fire, flame, flare, frenzy, fury, gaiety, glow, go*, heat, hilarity, hobby, intensity, interest, joy, keenness, life, mania, mirth, nerve, oomph*, orgasm, passion, pep, rapture, red heat*, relish, snap, spirit, transport, vehemence, verve, vim, vivacity, warmth, zeal, zest, ardency, fieriness, impetuosity, joyfulness, zealousness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, doubt, indifference, lethargy, pessimism, weariness, aloofness, coldness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire; upset |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, seduce, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win, infatuate, intoxicate, rivet, spellbind |
| Antonyms: | bore, repel, tire, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | fervor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, eagerness, earnestness, fire*, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz*, love, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, piety, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, zeal, ardency, devoutness, fervency, heartiness, piousness, religiousness, wholeheartedness, zealousness |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of high temperature or agitation |
| Synonyms: | delirium, ecstasy, excitement, ferment, fervor, fire, flush, frenzy, heat, intensity, passion, restlessness, turmoil, unrest, burning up, febrile disease, pyrexia, running a temperature, the shakes |
| Antonyms: | chill, freeze, frigidity, coldness |
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