| Main Entry: | oil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lubricate |
Synonyms: |
anoint, coat, grease, lard, lube, pomade, slick, smear |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Concept: | Oil. |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
Synonyms: |
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oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate of amyl, ghee; heating oil, distillate, residual oils, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, naphtha; stearin; essential oils.
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| Main Entry: | beer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alcoholic beverage made from malted grain |
Synonyms: |
ale, amber brew, barley pop, brew, brewski, brown bottle, chill*, cold coffee, cold one, hops, lager, malt, malt liquor, oil, stout*, suds |
| Main Entry: | blarney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery |
Synonyms: |
a line, adulation, baloney, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash, fawning, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil, overpraise, soft soap, soft words, sweet talk, wheedling |
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
Synonyms: |
apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
bully, force, repel |
| Main Entry: | canvas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | painting on coarse material |
Synonyms: |
art, artwork, oil, picture, piece, portrait, still life, watercolor |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | emollient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lotion |
Synonyms: |
balm, cream, lenitive, liniment, moisturizer, oil, ointment, salve, soothing agent, unguent |
| Main Entry: | expertise/expertness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knowledge, proficiency |
Synonyms: |
ability, ableness, adroitness, aptness, art, cleverness, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, facility, finesse, goods*, ingeniousness, judgment, knack*, know-how, line*, makings, oil, one's thing, prowess, readiness, savvy, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, stuff* |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, inexpertness, lack |
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
Synonyms: |
abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose, buddy up, butter up, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady, truckle, woo*, yield |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |