inflammable

Capable of burning.

Adjective

  1. Capable of burning.

    Synonyms: flammable combustible

    Antonyms: nonflammable noninflammable unflammable uninflammable fireproof incombustible

  2. Easily set on fire.
    • On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having...

    Synonyms: flammable

    Antonyms: nonflammable noninflammable unflammable uninflammable fireproof incombustible

  3. Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.

    Synonyms: hot-headed quick to anger

    Antonyms: level-headed unflappable

  4. Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.

    Synonyms: nonflammable noninflammable unflammable uninflammable fireproof incombustible

    Antonyms: flammable combustible

Origin

From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.

Forms

more inflammable most inflammable enflammable

Related

flammule inflame inflammability inflammable air inflammable cinnabar inflammation

Derived

inflammableness inflammably

Noun

  1. Any inflammable substance.

Forms

inflammables enflammable