Synonyms for oil

Most common

gas · crude · crude oil · petroleum · vegetable oil

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Liquid fat.

2. v. 1

   To lubricate with oil.

Related words

Word family

oilbird oil-burning oilcloth oiler oil-fired oilish oillike oilometer

Phrases

rock oil crude oil fossil oil fuel oil fusel oil honey oil lamp oil oil of vitriol

Is a kind of

lubricate

Forms

Plural

oils → petroleums, gases, crudes…

Past participle

oiled
e.g. oiled → anointed, annealed, embrocated, inuncted…

Example sentences

• gas The reporter covered the gas explosion in Shibuya.
• crude Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.
• petroleum Petroleum has been important since ancient times.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

gas¹

5 letters

crude¹

6 letters

anoint², anneal², inunct

9 letters

petroleum⁴, lubricate³, embrocate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anoint² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

huile

Italiano

olio

Español

aceite

Deutsch

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