Kerosene

//ˈkɛɹəsiːn//

Synonyms for "kerosene" (73 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

Noun(3 words)
coal oillamp oil;

Strong matches (22)

Related words (36)

Noun(3 words)
kerokerosineparaffin

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

6 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

110 translations across 77 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Albanian

1 entries
  • vajgur noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Arabic

2 entries
  • جاز noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • كِيرُوسِين noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կերոսին noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কেৰাচিন noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • ağ neft noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • ağ nöyüd noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • kerosin noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • lampa nefti noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Basque

1 entries
  • keroseno noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • га́за noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • керасі́н noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • кероси́н noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ရေနံဆီ noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Catalan

1 entries
  • querosè noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kerosina noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 火水 noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 火油 noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • 煤油 noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • 燈油 /灯油 noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Czech

1 entries
  • petrolej noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Danish

1 entries
  • petroleum noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ކަރާސީނު noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kerosine noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • keroseno noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • petrolo noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Estonian

2 entries
  • lambiõli noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • petrooleum noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kerosiini noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • petroli noun (thin, colorless fuel)

French

1 entries
  • kérosène noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Galician

1 entries
  • queroseno noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კეროსინი noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • ნავთი noun (thin, colorless fuel)

German

2 entries
  • Kerosin noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • Petroleum noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Greek

1 entries
  • κηροζίνη noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ઘાસલેટ noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קֵרוֹסִין noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Hindi

2 entries
  • केरोसीन noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • मिट्टी का तेल noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kerozin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Kërosen noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kerósín noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kerosin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Irish

1 entries
  • ceirisín noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Italian

1 entries
  • cherosene noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ケロシン noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • 灯油 noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • намк noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • керосин noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កាត noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Korean

2 entries
  • 등유 noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • 케로신 noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • нап noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • керосин noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກ້າດ noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Latvian

1 entries
  • petroleja noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • žibalas noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Malay

1 entries
  • minyak tanah noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മണ്ണെണ്ണ noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Marathi

1 entries
  • केरोसीन noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • керосин noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Māori

1 entries
  • karahīni noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Navajo

1 entries
  • akʼahkǫʼ noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • parafin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • parafin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Persian

4 entries
  • نفت noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • نفت سفید noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • نفت چراغ noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • کروسن noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Polish

1 entries
  • nafta noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • querosene noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦਾ ਤੇਲ noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Quechua

1 entries
  • kirusini noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Romanian

2 entries
  • kerosen noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • petrol lampant noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Russian

1 entries
  • кероси́н noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kerozin noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • керозин noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Slovak

1 entries
  • petrolej noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Slovene

1 entries
  • petrolej noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Spanish

4 entries
  • canfín noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • kerex noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • kerosene noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • keroseno noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kerosini noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Swedish

1 entries
  • fotogen noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • gaas noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • kerosina noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Tajik

1 entries
  • керосин noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மண்ணெண்ணெய் noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Thai

2 entries
  • ก๊าด noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • น้ำมันก๊าด noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kerosen noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kerosin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гас noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • кероси́н noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Unami

1 entries
  • kolay noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kerosin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • dầu hỏa noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • dầu lửa noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • kêrôsin noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • barafín noun (thin, colorless fuel)
  • kẹrosíìnì noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Zulu

1 entries
  • uphalafini noun (thin, colorless fuel)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I warned little Mary to leave the kerosene heater alone.

Source: tatoeba (258636)

In places where it snows a lot, kerosene is an indispensable item.

Source: tatoeba (338004)

This stove uses kerosene.

Source: tatoeba (568722)

Tom went out to buy kerosene for his stove.

Source: tatoeba (2538150)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

More for "kerosene"

MeaningAntonymsSentencesWord Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonymsUse in sentencesRead the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.