combustible
Syllables: com·bus·ti·ble/kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
combustible adjective: capable of burning.
Adjective
combustible (comparative more combustible, superlative most combustible)
- Capable of burning.
- Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.
- Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- Synonyms:
- flammable, inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
- Antonyms:
- incombustible, noncombustible, nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>, fireproof, refractory
- Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
- Arnold, however, was a combustible character.1855–1859, Washington Irving, The Life of George Washington
- The world’s richest man has inserted himself in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts.2022 October 26, Cade Metz, Adam Satariano, Chang Che, “How Elon Musk Became a Geopolitical Chaos Agent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Antonyms:
- incombustible, noncombustible, uncombustible
Noun
combustible (plural combustibles)
- A material that is capable of burning.
- A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill.1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 248
- A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.
- In total three-quarters of the western Big Tobacco giants' sales last year came from so-called combustibles as vaping sales are plateauing.2025 June 14, “Big Tobacco stock rally reveals smokeless future is still a long way off”, in FT Weekend (Lex. section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16
combustible meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
combustible in Tamil
- எரியத்தக்க, எரியுறு, எரியக்கூடிய, எரியும் தன்மையுடைய, வெடிக்கும், எளிதில் தீப்பற்றத்தக்க
combustible in Urdu
- آتش پذیر, قابل اشتعال
combustible in Bengali
- combustible, that is capable of burning or easily ignited
- অগ্নিদাহ্য ognidajjho
- combustible, flammable, inflammable
- দাহ্য dajjho
combustible in Malayalam
- കത്തിജ്ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന, കത്തിക്കാനെളുപ്പമായ, പെട്ടെന്ന് തീകത്തുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
- combustible in Kannada
- ಉರಿಯಬಲ್ಲ, ದಹನಶೀಲ, ದಹ್ಯ
- combustible in Tagalog
- maliyab, liyabin
Synonyms of combustible
- flammable
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
Antonyms
- incombustible
- noncombustible
- nonflammable
- noninflammable
- unflammable
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
- fireproof
- refractory
- uncombustible
Forms of combustible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more combustible |
| superlative | most combustible |
| Noun | |
| plural | combustibles |
Origin of combustible
From Middle French combustible [from combust (past participle of comburir) + -ible] and Latin combustibilis. By surface analysis, combust + -ible.
Words formed from combustible
Questions about combustible
- What does combustible mean?
- Combustible means capable of burning.
- What is combustible in Tamil?
- Combustible in Tamil is எரியத்தக்க, எரியுறு, எரியக்கூடிய. See Combustible meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is combustible?
- Combustible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce combustible?
- Combustible is pronounced /kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/.
Words near combustible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: combustible (page history and authors); combustible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); combustible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অগ্নিদাহ্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); combustible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); combustible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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