Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diesel

2 senses of diesel

Sense 1
Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel -- (German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913))
       INSTANCE OF=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist -- (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Sense 2
diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor -- (an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil)
       => internal-combustion engine, ICE -- (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)