Synonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Fossil Fuel
   • Lipid
   • Oil
   • Oil Paint

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. oilverb

   Synonyms:
   lubricate

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1. List of paraphrases for "oil":

   petroleum, yau, fluid, oils, hydrocarbons, petrol, crude, huile, naphtha, hydrocarbon, zeit, tanker, fuel, oil-, olie, olive, lubrication, petroleo, tar, bituminous, nafta, aweil, soyoil

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1. List of known nicknames for "Oil":

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How to use oil in a sentence?

1. Christopher Nolan:

   A BDC can have high oil and gas exposure, but if the underwriting is correct it will fare better.

2. Sadiq Adatia:

   We still worry about a slowing Canadian economy, a weaker job market and the further impact of low oil prices.

3. Julia Zumpano:

   If you don’t like olive oil, use walnut oil, i think peanut oil is fine, I think sunflower oil is fine – any of your polyunsaturated fatty acids.

4. Jeffrey Halley:

   An unexpected rise, (could) possibly (take) the wind out of oil's sails, if only temporarily.

5. Christina Stauffer:

   It's not cool to talk about climate change when you're getting a check cut from the oil companies for you.