FUELS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

fuels 1 of 2

noun

plural of fuel

as in energies

something with a usable capacity for doing work such nonrenewable fuels as coal, petroleum, and natural gas

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fuel

as in powers

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Recent Examples of fuels

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This neglect creates a ceiling for employee growth and fuels disengagement, highlighting a strategic failure to invest in a vital capability layer. — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Nigerian energy retailers called for the state to create local strategic reserves of petrol and other fuels to buffer from supply shocks in the global oil market. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 July 2026 Meanwhile, Ukraine's attacks on Russia's oil-refining infrastructure have worsened the world's shortage of those fuels. — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 31 July 2026 As a heat wave fuels fast-moving wildfires across southern Europe, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate communities in France, Spain and Greece. — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 30 July 2026 If debris containing fuels or other hazardous materials reaches coastal waters, contaminants could affect water quality and marine ecosystems. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 Testing rocket engines means working with powerful fuels and being ready for possible failures. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 Conflict fuels food insecurity Conflict remains one of the biggest obstacles to reducing hunger worldwide, Lario added. — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 That in turn would affect supply of other fuels such as gasoline and diesel. — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuels

Noun

Woolf, who desired a palate cleanser after finishing her experimental novel The Waves, focused her energies on the life story of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel.

— Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Piñón also proposes the use of renewable energies, such as solar, and producing ethanol from sugarcane, as Brazil does.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of energies

Verb

Researchers are adapting the magnetron—the same component that powers microwave ovens—to provide the 10 megawatts of power required for ADS.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
How Wisconsin's solar battery park powers 130,000 homes The Paris Solar farm began producing power in December 2024 and generates 200 megawatts of renewable electricity during the day.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025

Definition of powers

Verb

For context, the median private SaaS company generates about $141,000 of revenue per employee, while the leading AI-native companies are running at twenty times that or more.

— Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
For smaller threats around 100 meters wide, this subterranean 3-megaton explosion generates enough power to vaporize the asteroid into harmless space dust completely.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of generates

Verb

Auspicious Jupiter energizes your 3rd House of Communication while imaginative Neptune harmonizes from your 11th House of Friends and Community, making ideas, introductions, and pitches flow more easily.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Mars energizes your 6th House of Work and Wellness, while Saturn reinforces your 4th House of Home and Foundations.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of energizes

Verb

Zelenskyy is keen to move quickly on a coproduction agreement as Russia relentlessly fires ballistic missiles that are hard to stop and cause civilian casualties as well as inflicting huge damage on civilian areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The machine fires X-ray beams at a subject, then uses a specialized camera to record how a bone absorbs the beams based on density.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Definition of fires

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What starts as one state utility trying to see its own network more clearly could end up as part of the blueprint for how the developing world electrifies its future.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
This transit electrifies creativity, romance, pleasure and self-expression.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of electrifies

Verb

The Titan 2 Elite has a smaller 4,050mAh battery, a downgrade from the Titan 2's 5,050mAh cell, that charges at up to 33W when plugged in.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
His campaign is specifically boosting a change to Brazil's income tax system that charges less to people on low incomes and a debt forgiveness program that has quickly become very popular.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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