Antonyms for oasis
oʊˈeɪ sɪsoa·sis

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.8 / 5 votes

1. oasisnoun

   Synonyms:
   island, refuge

Matched Categories

1. • Desert
   • Shelter
   • Tract

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 29 votes

1. oasisnoun

   a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

   Synonyms:
   haven

2. haven, oasisnoun

   a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

   Synonyms:
   seaport, harbor, haven, harbour

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. well

   a well has a patch of water in it which is one of the definitions of oasis.

   there was a well full of water.

   Submitted by rinat on June 13, 2017  

How to use oasis in a sentence?

1. Tommy Potter:

   Isle of Wight County, it is a great place to live, to work, to raise kids, this is a small, tight-knight community. We are an oasis… We don’t have a lot of murders. When something like this happens, especially when it goes unsolved for this long, it does shake the foundation a little bit. People want to know if someone’s trying to take advantage of our quiet way of life here. The field had to have been known by somebody… It kind of reminds people this can happen here. This kind of gruesome crime, it can happen in our backyards.

2. Noel Gallagher:

   It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight, people will write and say what they like but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

3. Bobby Wilson:

   My main goal is to make sure that marginalized and underserved communities have access to locally grown food that's free of chemicals, we have turned five acres of land right here in the heart of the city into a green oasis that really impacts the quality of life of people that live around here.

4. Dinesh D'Souza:

   America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This country, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the last best hope for the world.

5. Lars Vilks:

   This will create fear among people on a whole different level than we're used to, charlie Hebdo was a small oasis. Not many dared do what they did.

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