Synonyms for fuel
fu·el

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1. fuelverb

   a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

   "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"

2. fuelverb

   provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

   "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"

   Synonyms:
   fire

3. fuel, fireverb

   provide with fuel

   "Oil fires the furnace"

   Synonyms:
   send away, kindle, raise, provoke, burn down, burn, open fire, sack, terminate, discharge, give the sack, force out, enkindle, dismiss, displace, can, evoke, elicit, give notice, go off, give the axe, fire, arouse

4. fuelverb

   take in fuel, as of a ship

   "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"

   Synonyms:
   fire

5. fuelverb

   stimulate

   "fuel the debate on creationism"

   Synonyms:
   fire

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1. • Stimulate
   • Supply
   • Take In

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. fuelnoun

   Synonyms:
   firing

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1. fuelnoun

   Synonyms:
   combustibles

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1. List of paraphrases for "fuel":

   fuels, combustible, petrol, gasoline, oil, yau, propellant, carburant, bunker, combustion, combustibles, gas, essence

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How to use fuel in a sentence?

1. Derrick DeGroot:

   I’m seeing probably the worst combination of conditions in my lifetime, we have an enormous fuel load in the forests, and we are looking at a drought unlike we’ve seen probably in the last 115 years.

2. Carlos Albornoz:

   We are stuck with a very limited supply of fuel and food.

3. Chai Qimin:

   China promised to stick to our commitments and fulfill our responsibility on addressing climate change. We have confidence on our policies already made, if US steps back, the Chinese government still will fulfill its (climate pledges to the Paris Agreement). But there would be different voices within the country, especially form the fossil fuel industries.

4. Chief Executive Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes:

   I hope not. I am glad to be part of BMW Group because we can learn from their vehicle development capacities and know-how, developing the next generation of fuel-efficient technologies is really expensive.

5. Greta Thunberg:

   Here you are, trying to create laws and policies once again ignoring it. Pretending that your plan or policy disregarding the united science will somehow solve the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced, pretending that a law that no one has to follow ... is a law. Pretending that you can be a climate leader and still go on building and subsidizing new fossil fuel infrastructure.