flammable
/ˈflæməbl̩/
flammable adjective: capable of burning.
Adjective
flammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)
- Capable of burning.
- Near-synonym: ignitable
- flammable liquid
- Synonyms:
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>, combustible, ignitable
- Antonyms:
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>, non-flammable, nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- Easily set on fire.
- Near-synonym: ignitable
- Synonyms:
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>, ignitable
- Antonyms:
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>, non-flammable, nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
- Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.
- In considering the possible commitment of U.S. forces to South Vietnam , the Joint Chiefs of Staff have reviewed the overall critical situation in Southeast Asia with particular emphasis upon the present highly flammable situation in South Vietnam.1971, United States. Department of Defense, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967, page 42
- They could stuff their ears with cotton, but they could not, after all, fight such flammable ideas ( at least not in the public squares where Attucks's war whoops could still be heard ).2002, Gregory Toledo, The Hanging of Old Brown, page 27
Noun
flammable (plural flammables)
- Any flammable substance.
flammable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
flammable in Hindi
- flammable
- जलाऊ jalāū
flammable in Tamil
- எரியும் தன்மை கொண்டவை, எரியக்கூடிய
flammable in Marathi
- ज्वलनशील
flammable in Bengali
- জ্বলনশীল
More languagesFewer languages
- flammable in Malayalam
- കത്തുന്ന, തീപിടിക്കുന്ന, വേഗം തീപിടിക്കുന്ന, ജ്വലനഗുണമുള്ള
- flammable in Kannada
- ಚೆಚ್ಚರ ಉರಿಯಬಲ್ಲ, ಉರಿಯಬಲ್ಲ
- flammable in Punjabi
- ਜਲਣਸ਼ੀਲ, ਜਲਣਯੋਗ
- flammable in Gujarati
- જ્વલનશીલ
- flammable in Nepali
- ज्वलनशील
- flammable in Tagalog
- takaw-apoy
Examples of flammable in a sentence
- With her play Diamond Lil, she discovered a way to sneak her flammable subject matter past the censors.2004, Elizabeth Prioleau, Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love:
- Evelyn realized that Adam's flammable words and angry eyes were only the form of his untold pain, holding the strongest words of his heart, unspoken.2021, Esra Gultakin, In the Shallows: Awaken Your Mind:
Synonyms of flammable
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
- combustible
- ignitable
Antonyms
- inflammable[contranym]]ic senses>
- non-flammable
- nonflammable
- noninflammable
- unflammable
- uninflammable
- fireproof
- incombustible
Forms of flammable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more flammable |
| superlative | most flammable |
| Noun | |
| plural | flammables |
Origin of flammable
Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.
Questions about flammable
- What does flammable mean?
- Flammable means capable of burning.
- What is flammable in Hindi?
- Flammable in Hindi is जलाऊ (jalāū). See Flammable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use flammable in a sentence?
- With her play Diamond Lil, she discovered a way to sneak her flammable subject matter past the censors.
- What part of speech is flammable?
- Flammable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce flammable?
- Flammable is pronounced /ˈflæməbl̩/.
Words near flammable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flammable (page history and authors); जलाऊ (Hindi) (page history and authors); flammable (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flammable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flammable (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flammable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); flammable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flammable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flammable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flammable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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