Petroleum

//pəˈtɹoʊliəm//

Synonyms for "petroleum" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(4 words)

oil crude oil black gold crude

oil avgas benzine coal oil crude

Strong matches (14)

crude oil electricity ethyl ethyl gas fossil oil fuel oil gas gasoline

Noun(6 words)

dino juice dino oil dinosaur juice dinosaur oil fossil oil gas

Related words (22)

Noun(5 words)

gasoline juice petrol rock oil texas tea

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

Proper Noun(1 words)

rogers

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More general

2 entries

fossil fuel oil

Synonyms

1 entries

oil

Related terms

3 entries

Petroleum County linoleum petrol

derived

15 entries

Petroleum County antipetroleum biopetroleum liquefied petroleum gas nonpetroleum packaged petroleum product petrol petroleum coke petroleum ether petroleum fly petroleum jelly petroleum reservoir petroleum spirit petronoia postpetroleum

is a

8 entries

combustible fluid fossil fuel fuel liquid hydrocarbon mixture multi hydrocarbon fluid naturally occurring tangible substance oil unrefined oil

part of

1 entries

asphalt

related to

3 entries

hydrocarbon linoleum petrol

Sample sentences

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The present world owes its convenient life to petroleum.

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The ecologist warned us that petroleum was not merely a blessing but also a curse.

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Products made from petroleum are vital to modern societies.

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Petroleum priced coal out of the energy market in Japan.

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