flammable

1. 1.

   easily ignited

   Synonymsinflammable

   Similarcombustible

Questions about flammable

What does flammable mean?

flammable means "easily ignited".

How many syllables are in flammable?

flammable has 3 syllables: flam-ma-ble. The stress falls on "flam". In IPA it is /ˈflæməbəl/.

What is another word for flammable?

Close synonyms include inflammable. 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 flammable a common word?

flammable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.