Synonyms of ashes

ashes 1 of 2

plural noun

as in rubble

the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed

a new and more splendid city was built on the ashes of the old

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rubble
• debris
• wreckage
• ruins
• remains
• remnant
• residue
• detritus
• wreck
• flotsam
• dust
• leavings
• garbage
• litter
• chaff
• jetsam
• trash
• junk
• dross
• rubbish
• refuse
• scrap
• waste
• deadwood
• riffraff

ashes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ash

as in incinerates

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incinerates
• cremates
• kilns
• enflames
• ignites
• torches
• lights
• kindles
• immolates
• enkindles
• burns
• fires
• inflames
• bakes
• scorches
• cooks
• broils
• chars
• deflagrates
• sets off
• frizzles
• relights
• scalds
• sears
• rekindles
• scathes
• reignites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stamps (out)
• extinguishes
• snuffs (out)
• douses
• quenches
• puts out
• dowses