My clothes have an oily smell because I ate at an okonomiyaki place.
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Oily
//ˈɔɪli//
Synonyms for "oily" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λιπαρός adj (covered with or containing oil)
Assamese
3 entries- তেলাল adj (covered with or containing oil)
- তেলীয়া adj (relating to oil)
- তেলীয়া adj (covered with or containing oil)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ласкателен adj (excessively friendly or polite)
- маслен adj (relating to oil)
- промазан adj (covered with or containing oil)
Czech
3 entries- olejnatý adj (covered with or containing oil)
- olejový adj (relating to oil)
- podlézavý adj (excessively friendly or polite)
Dutch
2 entries- olieachtig adj (relating to oil)
- oliehoudend adj (covered with or containing oil)
Esperanto
1 entries- olea adj (covered with or containing oil)
Finnish
3 entries- lipevä adj (excessively friendly or polite)
- öljyinen adj (relating to oil)
- öljyinen adj (covered with or containing oil)
French
2 entries- huileux adj (covered with or containing oil)
- onctueux adj (excessively friendly or polite)
Galician
1 entries- oleoso adj (relating to oil)
German
2 entries- ölhaltig adj (covered with or containing oil)
- ölig adj (relating to oil)
Hungarian
1 entries- olajos adj (covered with or containing oil)
Kaitag
1 entries- ява́ adj (covered with or containing oil)
Kazakh
2 entries- майлы adj (relating to oil)
- майлы adj (covered with or containing oil)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- майлуу adj (relating to oil)
- майлуу adj (covered with or containing oil)
Malay
1 entries- berminyak adj (covered with or containing oil)
Marathi
1 entries- तेलकट adj (covered with or containing oil)
Māori
1 entries- hinuhinu adj (covered with or containing oil)
Norman
1 entries- huileux adj (covered with or containing oil)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oljeaktig adj (relating to oil)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oljeaktig adj (relating to oil)
Odia
1 entries- ତେଲିଆ adj (covered with or containing oil)
Persian
1 entries- روغنی adj (relating to oil)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- eeljich adj (covered with or containing oil)
Polish
4 entries- oleisty adj (covered with or containing oil)
- olejowy adj (relating to oil)
- przypochlebny adj (excessively friendly or polite)
- tłusty adj (covered with or containing oil)
Portuguese
4 entries- oleaginoso adj (relating to oil)
- oleaginoso adj (covered with or containing oil)
- oleento adj (relating to oil)
- oleento adj (covered with or containing oil)
Romanian
2 entries- gras adj (covered with or containing oil)
- uleios adj (covered with or containing oil)
Russian
4 entries- еле́йный adj (excessively friendly or polite)
- ма́сляный adj (relating to oil)
- ма́сляный adj (covered with or containing oil)
- масляни́стый adj (covered with or containing oil)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- olach adj (relating to oil)
- olach adj (covered with or containing oil)
- sliomach adj (excessively friendly or polite)
Spanish
3 entries- aceitoso adj (covered with or containing oil)
- oleaginoso adj (covered with or containing oil)
- oleoso adj (covered with or containing oil)
Swedish
2 entries- compounds with olja adj (relating to oil)
- oljig adj (covered with or containing oil)
Turkish
3 entries- yağlı adj (covered with or containing oil)
- yağsı adj (relating to oil)
- yağımsı adj (relating to oil)
Yiddish
1 entries- אייליק adj (covered with or containing oil)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
She has oily skin.
Source: tatoeba (2460820)
Tom has oily skin.
Source: tatoeba (2549004)
I didn't eat all the fries because they were too oily.
Source: tatoeba (3067000)
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