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oil

The word “oil” has 1 syllable: oil

It's pronounced as /ɔɪl/

What is synonym and antonym for oil?

In the thesaurus, “oil” has 41 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for oil along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for oil

Antonyms for oil

  • coarsen
  • dehydrate
  • dry
  • parch
  • rough
  • roughen
  • sear

Meanings of oil

  • noun
    1. Liquid fat.
    2. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
    3. An oil painting.
    4. Oil paint.
  • verb
    1. To lubricate with oil.
    2. To grease with oil for cooking.

Example Sentences

  • She added some oil to the frying pan.
  • The car needs an oil change soon.
  • He painted the portrait using oil colors.
  • There was a spill of oil on the kitchen floor.
  • They discovered a large oil reserve underground.

On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to oil, such as: acrylic, anoint, aquarelle, bathe, canvas, canvass, coarsen.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

cajole

  • adulate
  • apple-polish
  • argue into
  • banter
  • beg
  • beguile
  • beseech
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • bootlick
  • brown-nose
  • butter up
  • charm
  • coax
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • delude
  • dupe
  • entice
  • entrap
  • finagle
  • flatter
  • get around
  • get next to
  • hand a line
  • importune
  • induce
  • influence
  • inveigle
  • jolly
  • juggle
  • lay it on thick
  • lure
  • make up to
  • maneuver
  • massage
  • mislead
  • oil
  • overpraise
  • palaver
  • play up to
  • push
  • rub the right way
  • seduce
  • snow
  • soap
  • soft-soap
  • soften
  • spread it on
  • stroke
  • suck up to
  • sweet-talk
  • sweeten up
  • tantalize
  • tempt
  • urge
  • wangle
  • wheedle
  • wile
  • woo
  • work on
  • work over

cajolery

  • a line
  • acclaim
  • acclamation
  • admiration
  • adulation
  • alignment
  • allurement
  • alluring
  • applause
  • appreciation
  • approbation
  • approval
  • arm-twist
  • attraction
  • babble
  • bait
  • baloney
  • blab
  • blandishment
  • blarney
  • blessing
  • bootlicking
  • bouquet
  • brainwashing
  • buttering up
  • cajolement
  • chatter
  • chitchat
  • clack
  • coaxing
  • cogency
  • come-hither
  • come-on
  • commendation
  • comp
  • compliments
  • con
  • conference
  • confirmation
  • congratulations
  • conversation
  • conversion
  • convincing
  • courtesy
  • debate
  • decoy
  • dialogue
  • discussion
  • encomium
  • endorsement
  • enticement
  • entreaty
  • eulogy
  • exaggeration
  • exhortation
  • eyewash
  • fair words
  • fascination
  • favor
  • fawning
  • felicitation
  • flatter
  • flattering
  • flattery
  • flummery
  • force
  • fulsomeness
  • gab
  • gallantry
  • good word
  • goose
  • hard sell
  • hokum
  • homage
  • honey
  • honeyed words
  • honor
  • hook
  • incense
  • inducement
  • inducing
  • influencing
  • ingratiation
  • insincere flattery
  • inveiglement
  • jive
  • kudo
  • laud
  • laudation
  • laurels
  • lobbying
  • lure
  • mousetrap
  • mush
  • nobbling
  • notice
  • obsequiousness
  • oil
  • orchid
  • ovation
  • overpersuasion
  • overpraise
  • palaver
  • panegyric
  • parley
  • pat on the back
  • persuading
  • persuasion
  • persuasiveness
  • plaudits
  • posy
  • potency
  • power
  • praise
  • pressuring
  • pretty speech
  • promise
  • promote
  • prompting
  • puffery
  • pull
  • regard
  • respects
  • sanction
  • seduction
  • sell
  • sentiment
  • smooth talk
  • snare
  • snow
  • snow job
  • soft soap
  • soft words
  • soft-soap
  • squeeze
  • stroking
  • suasion
  • swaying
  • sweet nothings
  • sweet words
  • sweet-talk
  • sweetener
  • sweetening
  • sycophancy
  • talk
  • tantalizing
  • temptation
  • tempting
  • toadyism
  • trap
  • tribute
  • truckling
  • unctuousness
  • urging
  • veneration
  • warm fuzzy
  • wheedle
  • wheedling
  • winning over
  • working over

daub

paint

painting

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