Synonyms of oils

oils 1 of 2

noun

plural of oil

as in paintings

a picture created with oil paint

that artist is known to have created only oils and charcoal sketches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paintings
• canvases
• canvasses
• watercolors
• murals
• frescoes
• oil paintings
• panoramas
• drawings
• acrylics
• etchings
• pastels
• gouaches
• masterpieces
• aquarelles
• diptychs
• distempers
• sketches
• finger paintings
• temperas
• triptychs
• showpieces
• pièces de résistance

oils

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of oil

as in greases

to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction

if you oil the machinery on a regular basis, it will operate more efficiently

Synonyms & Similar Words

• greases
• waxes
• lubricates
• washes
• slicks
• wets
• waters
• soaks
• bathes
• drenches
• douses
• dowses
• souses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coarsens
• roughens
• roughs
• dries
• sears
• dehydrates
• parches