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")

Antonyms of adj fueled

1 sense of fueled

Sense 1
fueled (vs. unfueled) -- (heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel)

unfueled (vs. fueled) -- (not provided with fuel)
        => self-sustained -- (needing no outside support)
        => unfed -- (not given support; "a grudge that remained unfed")

Similarity of adj fueled

1 sense of fueled

Sense 1
fueled (vs. unfueled) -- (heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel)
       => clean-burning -- (leaving little contamination while consuming fuel; "natural gas is a clean-burning fuel")
       => coal-fired, coal-burning -- (fueled by burning coal; "a coal-fired ship")
       => wood-fired, wood-burning -- (fueled by wood; "a wood-burning stove')
       => liquid-fueled -- (fueled by a liquid fuel)
       => oil-fired -- (fueled by burning oil; "an oil-fired furnace")