kindle

Meaning

Verb

1. To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
2. To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
3. To begin to grow or take hold.

Noun

A group of kittens.

Adj

pregnant

Synonyms

light

ignite

inflame

light a fire

burn

set on fire

enkindle

arouse

rouse

fire

🔥

set fire

set fire to

incite

stir up

turn on

excite

catch fire

instigate

provoke

conflagrate

switch on

light up

build a fire

spark

raise

evoke

emblaze

add fuel

foment

be in flames

blaze up

make tea

flush

give rise to

drop

inspire

elicit

combust

flame

strike

stoke

start

become lit

drift

drove

encourage

erst

erupt

exaltation

family

👪

field

flight

✈️

flock

fuel

gaggle

get up

go on

grist

gulp

harem

hasten

herd

hive

illumine

incinerate

intrigue

invoke

kennel

knot

🪢

leash

lighten

marry

mob

murder

mustering

nest

pack

paddling

parliament

plump

pod

point

pounce

prepare

pride

quicken

raft

rage

😡

rekindle

rookery

rout

school

🏫

set alight

shiver

shoal

shrewdness

skein

skulk

sleuth

sloth

🦥

sounder

span

speed up

stimulate

stir

string

🪢

stud

suggest

swarm

take fire

team

tiding

tittering

train

🚋

tribe

trip

troop

unleash

activate

waken

wedge

harras

be in favor of

be on fire

clowder

give light

set ablaze

cause to burn

great heat

murmuration

hirsel

cete

wake

aggravate

agitate

animate

army

ascension

awaken

band

barrel

barren

battery

🔋

bed

🛏️

bevy

bike

🚲

boar

🐗

brace

break out

bring around

brood

building

bunch

bury

business

busyness

call

candle

🕯️

cartload

catch

cause

chew

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

colony

come on

comfort

company

corps

covey

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɪn.dəl/

Etymology

From Middle English kindlen, from Old Norse kynda (“to inflame”), from Proto-Germanic *kundijaną.