- Types Of Speech
- You can use backfire as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Backfire
- A 2 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters a, b, c, e, f, i, k, and r, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters kf. Backfire starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters b, ba, bac, back, backf, and the ending characters are e, re, ire, fire, kfire, ..
- Definition
- A miscalculation that recoils on its maker
- Compound Words
- A compound word, backfire has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are back, and fire.
- Pig Latin
- Backfire in Pig Latin is said as "ackfirebay or ackfirebway".
- Unigram
- b | a | c | k | f | i | r | e
- Bigram
- ba | ac | ck | kf | fi | ir | re
- Trigram
- bac | ack | ckf | kfi | fir | ire
- Quadrigram
- back | ackf | ckfi | kfir | fire
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
- a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- Verb Examples
- set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
- emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire;
"My old car backfires all the time" - have an unexpected and undesired effect;
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activate | make active or more active "activate an old file" |
| Actuate | put in motion or move to act "trigger a reaction" "actuate the circuits" |
| Answer | a nonverbal reaction "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me" |
| Backfire | a miscalculation that recoils on its maker |
| Backlash | an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence "there was a backlash of intolerance" |
| Backlashing | |
| Balefire | a large outdoor fire |
| Bang | a conspicuous success "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career" "that new Broadway show is a real smasher" "the party went with a bang" |
| Beacon | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
| Beacon Fire |
View all cognitive synonyms for Backfire
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Backfire | a miscalculation that recoils on its maker |
View English words with the unique letters used in backfire. Words With The Letters Abcefikr
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Backfire | a miscalculation that recoils on its maker |
| Backlash | an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence "there was a backlash of intolerance" |
| Boomerang | a miscalculation that recoils on its maker |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Miscalculation | a mistake in calculating |
| Misestimation | a mistake in calculating |
| Misreckoning | a mistake in calculating |
Backfire Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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