torches

Burning wooden brands

Torches is the plural of torch—a portable light source, traditionally a burning stick or bundle, now often a battery-powered flashlight (the standard British term).

People carry torches through darkness, and mobs carry them to express menace.

To carry a torch for someone is to maintain unrequited love.

The villagers grabbed torches and pitchforks.

illumination

lantern

Enclosed portable light

glow · brightness · headlamp · flare · candlelight · radiance · luminosity · searchlight · lamp · lighting

flame

fire

Combustion with flames

kindle · flicker · embers · scorch · char · combustion · smolder · heat · pyre · inferno

ceremonial

Olympic

Of the Games

  • relayStage-by-stage transmission
  • paradeCeremonial public procession
  • ritualCeremonial set of actions

procession · vigil · ceremony · runner · bearer · passing · tradition · cauldron · march · commemoration

mob

pitchforks

Pronged agricultural tools

  • angryFeeling strong displeasure
  • villagersInhabitants of small settlements
  • riotViolent public disturbance

uprising · protest · storming · castle · Frankenstein · peasants · revolt · siege · rampage · bonfire

Categories
Opposites
light source type

torchesflashlights

Portable battery-powered lamps

headlamps · glow sticks · electric lights · fluorescent lights · light bulbs

illumination vs. darkness

torchesdarkness

Total absence of light

shadow · blackout · obscurity · gloom · dimness

fire action (verb: to torch)

torchesextinguishes

Causes to stop burning

douses · quenches · preserves · protects · saves

Phrases
Family

torch, torching, torched, torchbearer, torchlit, torcher

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G