Fossil fuels won't be available forever.
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Fossil
//ˈfɒsl̩//
Synonyms for "fossil" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
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4 entriesrelated to
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Translations
96 translations across 54 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أُحْفُورَة noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- مُسْتَحَاثَة noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Asturian
1 entries- fósil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Belarusian
2 entries- вы́капень noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- скамяне́ласць noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вкаменелост noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- изкопаемо noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
- фосил noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
Catalan
3 entries- fòssil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fòssil noun (a fossilized term)
- fòssil noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 化石 noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- 化石 noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Czech
2 entries- fosilie noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- zkamenělina noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Danish
2 entries- fossil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- oldtidslevning noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Dutch
1 entries- fossiel noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Esperanto
1 entries- fosilio noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Finnish
3 entries- fossiili noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fossiili noun (a fossilized term)
- fossiili noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
French
1 entries- fossile noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Galician
1 entries- fósil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Georgian
1 entries- ნამარხი noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
German
2 entries- Fossil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- Fossil noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Greek
1 entries- απολίθωμα noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Hindi
2 entries- जीवाश्म noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- जीवाश्म noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
Hungarian
3 entries- fosszília noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- őskövület noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
- ősmaradvány noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
Icelandic
1 entries- steingervingur noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Ido
1 entries- fosilo noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Indonesian
1 entries- fosil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Irish
2 entries- iontaise noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- iontaise noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
Italian
4 entries- fossile noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fossile noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
- fossile noun (a fossilized term)
- fossile noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Japanese
2 entries- 化石 noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- 化石 noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Khmer
2 entries- បាសាណីភូត noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- ហ្វូស៊ីល noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Korean
1 entries- 화석 noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Lao
1 entries- ຊາກຊີວະບູຮານ noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Latin
1 entries- fossilis noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Latvian
2 entries- fosilija noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- pārakmeņojums noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Macedonian
1 entries- фоси́л noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Malay
1 entries- fosil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Māori
2 entries- mātātoka noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- mātātoka noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
Norman
1 entries- fossile noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fossil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fossil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مستحاثه noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Persian
4 entries- سنگواره noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- سنگواره noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
- فسیل noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- فسیل noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
Polish
2 entries- skamielina noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- skamieniałość noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Portuguese
3 entries- fóssil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fóssil noun (a fossilized term)
- fóssil noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Romanian
4 entries- fosilă noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fosilă noun (paleontology: any preserved evidence of ancient life)
- fosilă noun (a fossilized term)
- fosilă noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
Russian
3 entries- ископа́емое noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- ископа́емое noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
- окамене́лость noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- fòsīl noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fòsīl noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
- фо̀сӣл noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Slovak
1 entries- skamenelina noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Slovene
2 entries- fosil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- okamenina noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Spanish
1 entries- fósil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Swahili
1 entries- kisukuku noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Swedish
1 entries- fossil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Tagalog
1 entries- hayto noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Thai
2 entries- ซากดึกดำบรรพ์ noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- ฟอสซิล noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Turkish
3 entries- fosil noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- fosil noun (anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated)
- taşıl noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Ukrainian
2 entries- копа́лина noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
- скам'яні́лість noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hoá thạch noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאָסיל noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Yoruba
1 entries- àkẹ̀kù noun (The mineralized remains of an animal or plant)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Fossil fuel prices shot through the roof.
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He is a living fossil!
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The continent is abundant in fossil fuels.
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