igneous

The word “igneous” has 3 syllables: ig-ne-ous

It's pronounced as /ˈɪɡniəs/


What is synonym and antonym for igneous?

In the thesaurus, “igneous” has 109 synonyms and 56 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for igneous along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for igneous

  • ablaze
  • abyssal
  • afire
  • aflame
  • agitable
  • alight
  • ardent
  • baking
  • blazing
  • blistering
  • boiling
  • broiling
  • burning
  • calescent
  • canicular
  • choleric
  • cimmerian
  • close
  • combustible
  • conflagrant
  • decalescent
  • enflamed
  • enthusiastic
  • excitable
  • febrific
  • febrile
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • fevered
  • feverish
  • feverous
  • fierce
  • fiery
  • flaming
  • flaring
  • flickering
  • flushed
  • fused
  • glowing
  • heated
  • hectic
  • hot
  • hot-blooded
  • hot-headed
  • hot-tempered
  • humid
  • ignited
  • impassioned
  • impetuous
  • impulsive
  • in flames
  • incandescent
  • infernal
  • inflamed
  • intense
  • irascible
  • irritable
  • like an oven
  • liquefied
  • madcap
  • molten
  • muggy
  • on fire
  • ovenlike
  • overheated
  • parching
  • peppery
  • perfervid
  • piping
  • piping hot
  • precipitate
  • recalescent
  • red
  • red-hot
  • reheated
  • roasting
  • scalding
  • scorching
  • searing
  • seething
  • sizzling
  • smelted
  • smoking
  • snug
  • spirited
  • steaming
  • steamy
  • stuffy
  • sultry
  • summerlike
  • summery
  • superheated
  • sweltering
  • sweltry
  • thermogenic
  • toasty
  • torrid
  • tropic
  • tropical
  • ultrahot
  • unrestrained
  • vehement
  • very warm
  • violent
  • warm
  • warmed
  • warmish
  • white
  • white-hot

Antonyms for igneous

  • algid
  • apathetic
  • arctic
  • benumbed
  • bitter
  • blizzardly
  • bone-chilling
  • calm
  • chill
  • chilled
  • chilly
  • cold
  • coldish
  • cool
  • cooled
  • coolish
  • dry
  • dull
  • flat
  • freezing
  • frigid
  • frosty
  • frozen
  • gentle
  • glacial
  • happy
  • ice-cold
  • iced
  • icy
  • impassive
  • indifferent
  • mild
  • moderate
  • nippy
  • numb
  • old
  • old-fashioned
  • out
  • passive
  • peaceful
  • refrigerated
  • shivering
  • snappy
  • snowy
  • subdued
  • subfreezing
  • subzero
  • turned off
  • unexcited
  • unfeeling
  • unfriendly
  • unhappy
  • unheated
  • unpopular
  • wintery
  • wintry

Meanings of igneous

  • adjective
    1. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
    2. Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

Example Sentences

  • Igneous rocks are formed from the solidification of magma or lava.
  • Geologists study the composition and formation of igneous rocks to understand Earth's history.
  • The volcanic eruption deposited layers of igneous material across the landscape.
  • The museum's collection includes samples of various igneous rocks from around the world.
  • Igneous activity in the region has shaped its geological features over millions of years.

On this page you'll find 165 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to igneous, such as: ablaze, abyssal, afire, aflame, agitable, algid, alight.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ultrahot

  • ardent
  • blazing
  • boiling
  • broiling
  • burning
  • canicular
  • enflamed
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • feverish
  • fiery
  • flushed
  • glowing
  • heated
  • hot
  • igneous
  • inflamed
  • molten
  • muggy
  • overheated
  • piping hot
  • red
  • red-hot
  • reheated
  • roasting
  • scalding
  • scorching
  • searing
  • seething
  • sizzling
  • snug
  • steamy
  • sultry
  • summerlike
  • summery
  • superheated
  • sweltering
  • toasty
  • torrid
  • tropical
  • warm
  • warmed
  • warmish
  • white-hot

ignited

warming

  • abating
  • allaying
  • alleviating
  • amusing
  • analeptic
  • appeasing
  • ardent
  • assuaging
  • baking
  • blazing
  • boiling
  • broiling
  • burning
  • calming
  • canicular
  • captivating
  • charming
  • charring
  • coddling
  • comforting
  • consolatory
  • consoling
  • contenting
  • cooking
  • curing
  • delighting
  • diverting
  • easing
  • encouraging
  • enflamed
  • entertaining
  • equatorial
  • exciting
  • feasting
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • feverish
  • fiery
  • firing
  • flushed
  • freeing
  • galvanizing
  • gassing
  • gladdening
  • gladding
  • glowing
  • gratifying
  • grilling
  • health-giving
  • heart-warming
  • heated
  • heating
  • hot
  • humoring
  • igneous
  • indulging
  • inflamed
  • inspiriting
  • invigorating
  • lightening
  • lukewarm
  • melting
  • mitigating
  • mollifying
  • mollycoddling
  • molten
  • muggy
  • overheated
  • overheating
  • pacifying
  • palliative
  • pampering
  • parching
  • piping hot
  • placating
  • pleasing
  • pleasuring
  • quenching
  • reassuring
  • red-hot
  • refreshing
  • reheated
  • reheating
  • rejoicing
  • relaxing
  • relieving
  • remedying
  • restoring
  • revitalizing
  • revivifying
  • rewarming
  • roasting
  • satiating
  • sating
  • satisfying
  • scalding
  • scorching
  • searing
  • seething
  • sizzling
  • snug
  • softening
  • solacing
  • soothing
  • spoiling
  • steaming
  • steamy
  • succoring
  • suiting
  • sultry
  • summery
  • superheating
  • sustaining
  • sweltering
  • tepid
  • thawing
  • thrilling
  • tickling
  • titillating
  • toasting
  • toasty
  • torrid
  • tranquilizing
  • treating
  • tropical
  • ultrahot
  • upholding
  • warm
  • warmed
  • white-hot

canicular

  • ardent
  • blazing
  • boiling
  • broiling
  • burning
  • enflamed
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • feverish
  • fiery
  • flushed
  • glowing
  • heated
  • hot
  • igneous
  • inflamed
  • molten
  • muggy
  • overheated
  • piping hot
  • red
  • red-hot
  • reheated
  • roasting
  • scalding
  • scorching
  • searing
  • seething
  • sizzling
  • snug
  • steamy
  • sultry
  • summerlike
  • summery
  • superheated
  • sweltering
  • toasty
  • torrid
  • tropical
  • ultrahot
  • warm
  • warmed
  • warmish
  • white-hot

seething


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