Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "petrol" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

car fuel tank gas station petrol station

Capable Of

burn hot drop in price power engines

Derived Terms

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 petrolic petroliferous petrolism petrolist petrolization petrolize petrolless petrolly

Context

au nz uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

fuel hydrocarbon

Type Of (IsA)

gasoline lighter than water liquid

Receives Action

put into cars

Related Terms

benzene diesel kerosene lead-free leaded paraffin petroil unleaded

Related Terms

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

Synonym Network

gasoline

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