flame-retardant

1. 1.

   resistant to catching fire

   Synonymsflameproof

   Similarnoncombustible

Questions about flame-retardant

What does flame-retardant mean?

flame-retardant means "resistant to catching fire".

How many syllables are in flame-retardant?

flame-retardant has 5 syllables: fla-me--re-tar-dant. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for flame-retardant?

Close synonyms include flameproof. 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-retardant a common word?

flame-retardant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.