Petrol

//ˈpɛt.ɹəl//

Synonyms for "petrol" (32 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

Noun(2 words)

gas gasoline

gasoline avgas benzine coal oil crude

Strong matches (9)

crude oil electricity ethyl ethyl gas fossil oil gas high test

Noun(2 words)

dinosaur juice gasolene

Related words (16)

high-octane gas high-test illuminant illuminating gas kerosene lead-free gas light source low-lead gas luminant motor oil oil paraffin petroleum premium gas regular rock oil

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10 relation types

More general

2 entries

fuel hydrocarbon

Synonyms

1 entries

gasoline

Related terms

8 entries

benzene diesel kerosene lead-free leaded paraffin petroil unleaded

at location

4 entries

car fuel tank gas station petrol station

capable of

3 entries

burn hot drop in price power engines

derived

24 entries

petrol blue petrol bomb petrol cap petrol engine petrol filling station petrol garage petrol pump petrol sniffer petrol station petrol tank petrol-electric petrolage petroleomics petroleous petrolhead petroliana

Showing 16 of 24 words.

has context

3 entries

au nz uk

is a

3 entries

gasoline lighter than water liquid

receives action

1 entries

put into cars

related to

13 entries

benzene diesel fuel hydrocarbon kerosene lead free leaded motor vehicle octane paraffin petroil petroleum unleaded

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Our car ran out of petrol after ten minutes.

Source: tatoeba (247551)

Petrol is no longer a cheap fuel.

Source: tatoeba (272255)

Can you spare me a few liters of petrol?

Source: tatoeba (272260)

This lawn mower runs on petrol.

Source: tatoeba (566456)

Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.

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