Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scorcher

2 senses of scorcher

Sense 1
scorcher -- (an extremely hot day)
       => hot weather -- (a period of unusually high temperatures)

Sense 2
scorcher, screamer -- (a very hard hit ball)
       => hit, hitting, striking -- (the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit")