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

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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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1. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh:

   It is predicted that oil prices would reach $60-90 in the coming months.

2. Vandana Hari:

   Rising confidence in an upturn in economic and oil demand recovery around the corner is a major impetus for crude, right now, the concurrent tightening of supply due to the additional Saudi cuts is adding to the tailwinds.

3. Nuri Malik:

   Unless our demands are met, we will take steps to escalate. We will stop the activities of oil companies and will not allow them to hire foreigners.

4. Jeff Lautt:

   It's a big win in this David versus Goliath battle of the biofuels industry against Big Oil, at the end of the day, I want to be able to leave the planet better than we found it.

5. Joni Ernst:

   The problem here, bottom line, is that the EPA wasn't following the law, they took the law that Congress passed, they twisted it, and interpreted it for the benefit of oil producers, and that harmed our Iowa farmers.