Synonyms of oil

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noun

as in painting

a picture created with oil paint

that artist is known to have created only oils and charcoal sketches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• painting
• canvas
• canvass
• oil painting
• watercolor
• mural
• fresco
• panorama
• drawing
• acrylic
• etching
• gouache
• pastel
• tempera
• diptych
• masterpiece
• distemper
• finger painting
• aquarelle
• sketch
• triptych
• showpiece
• pièce de résistance

oil

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verb (1)

as in to grease

to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction

if you oil the machinery on a regular basis, it will operate more efficiently

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grease
• wax
• lubricate
• wash
• slick
• wet
• water
• soak
• bathe
• drench
• dowse
• douse
• souse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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adjective

1

as in slicked

having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction

following the fuel spill, the resulting oiled stretch of roadway had to be closed to traffic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slicked
• slick
• slippery
• greased
• lubricated
• greasy
• sanded
• ground
• rubbed
• polished
• slithery
• coated
• brushed
• glazed
• slippy
• waxed
• burnished
• buffed
• shined
• scraped
• soapy
• glossed
• waxy
• scrubbed
• sandblasted
• scoured
• sandpapered
• rasped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rough
• uneven
• roughened
• scuffed
• coarsened

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as in fried

slang being under the influence of alcohol

Casino operators like to keep their guests oiled and willing to part with their money.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fried
• drunk
• wet
• drunken
• gassed
• impaired
• plastered
• bombed
• loaded
• wasted
• lit
• hammered
• blind
• pickled
• stewed
• juiced
• soused
• ripped
• looped
• crocked
• smashed
• stiff
• sloshed
• under the weather
• stoned
• inebriated
• squiffy
• potted
• intoxicated
• tight
• boozy
• tanked
• under the influence
• tipsy
• sozzled
• three sheets to the wind
• canned
• besotted
• inebriate
• three sheets in the wind
• cockeyed
• blasted
• blitzed
• high
• stinking
• sottish
• squiffed
• blotto
• alcoholic
• wiped out
• pie-eyed
• in the bag
• lit up
• tiddly
• in one's cups
• rocky
• beery
• maudlin
• strung out
• crapulous
• debauched
• stupefied
• dopy
• befuddled
• dopey
• dissolute
• bleary-eyed
• dissipated
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• straight
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• cool
• level
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

oiled

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verb (2)

past tense of oil

as in greased

to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction

if you oil the machinery on a regular basis, it will operate more efficiently

Synonyms & Similar Words

• greased
• lubricated
• waxed
• slicked
• washed
• wetted
• wet
• soaked
• watered
• bathed
• drenched
• doused
• dowsed
• soused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughened
• roughed
• dried
• parched
• seared
• coarsened
• dehydrated

Phrases Containing oil

• oil painting
• oil the hand (of)
• oil the palm (of)