Synonyms for burning
ˈbɜr nɪŋburn·ing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burning

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, ardent, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, yearning, zealous

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burning, combustionnoun

   the act of burning something

   "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

2. burn, burningnoun

   pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

   Synonyms:
   burn mark, tan, burn, combustion, electrocution, burning at the stake, sunburn, suntan

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

3. combustion, burningnoun

   a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

4. electrocution, burningnoun

   execution by electricity

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

5. burning, burning at the stakenoun

   execution by fire

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

6. burningadjective

   a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, combustion, burn, burning at the stake

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

7. burning(a)adjective

   of immediate import

   "burning issues of the day"

   Antonyms:
   unimportant

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Integrity
   • Execution
   • Oxidation
   • Pain

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. burningadjective

   Synonyms:
   fiery, flaming, hot, scorching

2. burningadjective

   Synonyms:
   glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest

3. burningadjective

   Synonyms:
   vehement, powerful

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1. burningnoun

   Synonyms:
   combustion, cineration, incineration, cauterization, cautery, pyrography, arson, incendiarism, smoldering

2. burningnoun

   Synonyms:
   cremation, incremation

   Associated words:
   cremator, crematory, crematorium

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "burning":

   combustion, incineration, burn, fire, recording, smoldering, blazing, flue, blight, heating, fires, arson, ardour, hot-spot

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How to use burning in a sentence?

1. Viktor Frankl:

   What is to give light must endure the burning.

2. State Attorney General Maura Healey:

   Burning is how forests grow

3. Ryan Meehan:

   Things are burning a lot hotter, a lot quicker [and] a lot earlier, fire season started just about a month earlier than it usually does.

4. Aung Naing Win:

   It was so cold, our hands were burning, no one really cared if anyone died.

5. Arizona Sen. John McCain:

   It's mind-boggling that the President could keep saying, and (administration officials) could keep saying what they're saying while thousands of people are being butchered, burning bodies in the streets, executions, beheadings, this is a disaster. It was predicted by me and Sen. Lindsey Graham, and it's going to go on until we develop a strategy.