Antonyms for oil
ɔɪloil

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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, 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, 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, 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:
   embrocate, anele, anoint, inunct

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1. oilverb

   Synonyms:
   lubricate

How to use oil in a sentence?

1. Omar Aguilar:

   Generally, for the whole month, people have been concerned about global growth, China, and really, really concerned about oil.

2. Associated Press:

   In 2019, the oil and natural gas industry directly or indirectly supported 11.3 million jobs in the U.S. and had a national economic impact of nearly $1.7 trillion.

3. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez:

   We are together, oPEC is always fighting with the United States because the United States has declared it is always against OPEC... Shale oil is a disaster as a method of production, the fracking. But also it is too expensive. And there we are going to see what will happen with production.

4. Justin Peterson:

   We are proud to work with Malaysia's palm oil industry in its fight to defend the jobs and livelihoods of small farmers against unfair trade and environmental policies which perpetuate global poverty.

5. Phil Flynn:

   A 5.8 million-barrel build is kind of like a slap in the face, where it's like, 'Where did this oil come from?' And as you look through the numbers, it doesn't make a lot of sense, it is definitely a shock to the system.

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