fire
nounHow many syllables in fire?
There is 1 syllable in the word fire.How to pronounce fire:
Definition of fire:
- fire (noun):
- one of the four elements of the alchemists
- the event of something burning (often destructive).
- the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat
Synonyms for fire:
ardor
ardour
attack
backfire
balefire
blast
blaze
bonfire
brush fire
campfire
combustion
conflagration
fervency
fervidness
fervor
fervour
firing
flack
flak
flame
flames
flaming
forest fire
grassfire
happening
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Antonyms for fire:
barricades
battlements
defence
defences
defense
defenses
earthworks
emplacements
fortifications
lines
ramparts
Here are some other common 1-syllable words.
- face
- breadth
- flense
- hoped
- guessed
- churned
- squelched
- crooned
- lopped
- sparred
- wreathed
- droned
- lulls
- sun
- tion
- tripped
- flown
- throe
- stail
- googs
- thrilled
- eyes
- traped
- gruff
- hits
- stomped
- dared
- til
- spurns
- traipsed
- curved
- halves
- least
- donned
- sleek
- plough
- fazed
- spruik
- crouched
- glared
- geat
- grieved
- mopped
- couched
- spied
- caked
- fussed
- swooned
- galled
- thronged
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