- Types Of Speech
- You can use fire as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Fire
- A 1 syllables noun and 4 letters with the letters e, f, i, and r, 2 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ir. Fire starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters f, fi, fir, and the ending characters are e, re, ire, ..
- Definition
- The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Fire is set as a kindergarten word that starts with f, ends with e, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 4 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is fire a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Fire in Pig Latin is said as "irefay or irefway".
- Unigram
- f | i | r | e
- Bigram
- fi | ir | re
- Trigram
- fir | ire
- Quadrigram
- fire
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy;
"hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes";
"they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" - a fireplace in which a fire is burning;
"they sat by the fire and talked" - intense adverse criticism;
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party";
"the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" - the event of something burning (often destructive);
"they lost everything in the fire" - a severe trial;
"he went through fire and damnation" - feelings of great warmth and intensity;
"he spoke with great ardor" - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke;
"fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" - once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
- Verb Examples
- bake in a kiln so as to harden;
"fire pottery" - destroy by fire;
"They burned the house and his diaries" - cause to go off;
"fire a gun";
"fire a bullet" - go off or discharge;
"The gun fired" - start firing a weapon
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
"arouse pity";
"raise a smile";
"evoke sympathy" - drive out or away by or as if by fire;
"The soldiers were fired";
"Surrender fires the cold skepticism" - provide with fuel;
"Oil fires the furnace" - terminate the employment of;
"The boss fired his secretary today";
"The company terminated 25% of its workers"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Ablaze | resembling flame in brilliance or color "maple trees ablaze in autumn" "flaming autumn leaves" |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Ack Ack | |
| Ack Ack Gun | |
| Activate | make active or more active "activate an old file" |
| Actuate | put in motion or move to act "trigger a reaction" "actuate the circuits" |
| Adam | street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine |
| Ado | a rapid bustling commotion |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
View all cognitive synonyms for Fire
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fire | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes" "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" |
| Rife | excessively abundant |
View English words with the unique letters used in fire. Words With The Letters Efir
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Discharge | the act of discharging a gun |
| Fire | the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes" "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" |
| Go Off | |
| Open Fire |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attack | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
| Onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) "the attack began at dawn" |
| Onset | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) "the attack began at dawn" |
| Onslaught | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) "the attack began at dawn" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antiaircraft Fire | |
| Artillery Fire | |
| Barrage | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" |
| Barrage Fire | |
| Battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
| Bombardment | an attack by dropping bombs |
| Broadside | the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship |
| Burst | the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" |
| Call Fire | |
| Cannon Fire |
View All Hyponyms For Fire
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Safire | No | Yes |
| Saffire | Yes | Yes |
| Firehat | Yes | No |
| Zamfirel | Yes | No |
| Firenze | No | Yes |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feria (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | feria | ||
| Fire (4 letters) | 7 | 7 | efir | ||
| Refit (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | refit | ||
| Strife (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | strife | ||
| Briefs (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | briefs | ||
| Fiber (5 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | brief | ||
| Fibre (5 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | brief | ||
| Fraise (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | fraise | ||
| Frieze (6 letters) | 18 +11 | 18 +11 | frieze | ||
| Fixer (5 letters) | 15 +8 | 15 +8 | fixer | ||
| Sifter (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | strife | ||
| Faerie (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | faerie | ||
| Brief (5 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | brief | ||
| Serif (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | serif | ||
| Frier (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | frier | ||
| Fries (5 letters) | 8 +1 | 8 +1 | serif | ||
| Recife (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | fierce | ||
| Fibber (6 letters) | 13 +6 | 15 +8 | fibber | ||
| Feifer (6 letters) | 12 +5 | 12 +5 | feifer | ||
| Fiver (5 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | fiver | ||
| Aerify (6 letters) | 12 +5 | 11 +4 | aerify | ||
| Verify (6 letters) | 15 +8 | 15 +8 | verify | ||
| Reify (5 letters) | 11 +4 | 10 +3 | iyfer | ||
| Differ (6 letters) | 13 +6 | 13 +6 | differ | ||
| Resift (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | strife |
Fire Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With F
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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