inflammable
1 synonym and 4 antonyms for inflammable, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Able to catch fire and burn.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
Etymology
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), formed from in (“in, on”) and flamma (“flame”). By surface analysis it is inflame plus -able, literally “able to be inflamed”.
Full origin of inflammable →