ignite

Other forms of ignite

past tense

ignited·

present participle

igniting·

third person

ignites·

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 ignite

What does ignite mean?

ignite means "cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ignite?

ignite has 2 syllables: ig-nite. The stress falls on "nite". In IPA it is /ˌɪɡˈnaɪt/.

What is another word for ignite?

Close synonyms include light, erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust. 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.

What is the opposite of ignite?

The recorded antonyms are extinguish.

Is ignite a common word?

ignite 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.

What rhymes with ignite?

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