flame

1. 1.

   the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

   “fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries”

   Synonymsfireflaming

   Broadercombustion

   Narrowerblazeflareignition

Other forms of flame

plural

flames·

past tense

flamed·

present participle

flaming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flame

What does flame mean?

flame means "shine with a sudden light". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flame?

flame has 1 syllable: flame. In IPA it is /ˈfleɪm/.

What is another word for flame?

Close synonyms include flare, fire, flaming. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flame a common word?

flame is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with flame?

2 words rhyme with flame. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.