Oil Synonyms and Antonyms

oil
Liquid, greasy substance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. melted fat
  2. unction
  3. lubricant
Excessive, ingratiating praise
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. adulation
  2. blandishment
  3. blarney
  4. flattery
  5. incense
  6. slaver
  7. soft soap
Liquid substance used for power or illumination
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. petroleum
  2. crude oil
  3. rock-oil
  4. fossil-oil
  5. kerosene
  6. coal-oil
  7. liquid coal
  8. copaiba
  9. fossil-fuel
  10. cerate
  11. liquid gold
  12. crude
Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. vegetable-oil
Oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. oil color
  2. oil colour

Words Related to Oil

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. praise
  2. essential oil mineral oil petroleum
  3. natural gas
  4. neatsfoot
  5. oil-and-gas
  6. tamanu
  7. Dremu
  8. coal
  9. fuel-oil
  10. gasoline

Oil Sentence Examples

  • The warm farmhouse smelled of gun oil and breakfast.

  • Bacteria can process toxic wastes and oil spills into harmless biodegradable materials.

  • But it sure made you burn the night oil to keep up the grades.

  • There are considerable forests of oil palms, rubber trees and vines, and timber and dyewood trees.

  • Next the Wizard poured a pool of oil from the can upon the glass floor, where it covered quite a broad surface.

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