fires
nounHow many syllables in fires?
There is 1 syllable in the word fires.Divide fires into syllables:
fires
How to pronounce fires:
Definition of fires:
- fires (noun):
- one of the four elements of the alchemists
- the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat
- a destructive uncontrolled burning that destroys buildings, crops, etc.
Synonyms for fires:
ardor
ardour
attack
blast
blaze
blazes
bonfires
combustion
conflagration
conflagrations
fervency
fervidness
fervor
fervour
fire
firing
flack
flak
flame
flames
flaming
holocaust
inferno
infernos
wildfires
Antonyms for fires:
beats out
blankets
blows out
dampens down
douses
douts
dowses
extinguishes
puts out
quenches
smothers
snuffs out
stamps out
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