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

1 sense of fuel

Sense 1
fuel -- (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft")
       => substance -- (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fuel

4 senses of fuel

Sense 1
fuel -- (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 2
fuel, fire -- (provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 3
fuel -- (take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain")
       => take in, take up -- (accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid")

Sense 4
fuel -- (stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism")
       => stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir -- (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country")