All lubricant synonyms
lu·bri·cant
L l noun lubricant
- lubricator — a person or thing that lubricates.
- coating — A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
- oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- grease — the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- wax — a fit of anger; rage.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- emollient — Having the quality of softening or soothing the skin.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- lard — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
adjective lubricant
- lardy — like or consisting of lard: lardy pastry.
- oily — smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- smeary — showing smears; smeared.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).