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Antonyms for OIL
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  1. oilnoun

    a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

    Synonyms:
    petroleum, rock oil, crude oil, oil color, vegetable oil, fossil oil, crude, oil colour

  2. oil, oil color, oil colournoun

    oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

    Synonyms:
    petroleum, rock oil, crude oil, oil color, oil, vegetable oil, fossil oil, crude, oil colour

  3. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oilnoun

    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

    Synonyms:
    petroleum, rock oil, crude oil, oil color, oil, vegetable oil, fossil oil, crude, oil colour

  4. vegetable oil, oilverb

    any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

    Synonyms:
    petroleum, rock oil, crude oil, oil color, oil, vegetable oil, fossil oil, crude, oil colour

  5. oilverb

    cover with oil, as if by rubbing

    "oil the wooden surface"

    Synonyms:
    inunct, embrocate, anele, anoint

  6. anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocateverb

    administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

    Synonyms:
    oil, embrocate, anele, anoint, inunct

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  1. oilverb

    Synonyms:
    lubricate

How to use OIL in a sentence?

  1. Federated Prudent Bear Fund:

    Energy has gotten hit so hard, we are not shorting it in a dramatically greater proportion to the overall market, our energy short exposure is basically in select pipelines and oil field services companies.

  2. Cheng Chen:

    Most of this is driven by the sharp decline in oil prices given that there's no major change in Fed expectations.

  3. Victor Shum:

    When contracts expire there is more uncertainty and volatility associated with oil. For investors speculating, directionally WTI seems to be facing more pressure heading down. Brent will move upwards.

  4. Rick Santorum:

    I think the oil field idea is a bad idea, but his idea that the government of Iran and Iraq are in cahoots and working together and causing problems for the United States to be successful is absolutely true, in this case, the substance, I generally agree with Donald Trump.

  5. View Trump:

    What he's saying is he is going to destroy the oil industry. Will you remember that Texas, will you remember that Pennsylvania, Oklahoma...

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