fuel

1. 1.

   a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

   “more fuel is needed during the winter months”

   “they developed alternative fuels for aircraft”

   Broadersubstance

   Narrowerbiomassbutanecharcoalcoal gascokediesel oilfirefossil fuelfuel oilgasohol

Other forms of fuel

plural

fuels·

past tense or participle

fuelled

present participle

fuelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fuel

What does fuel mean?

fuel means "provide with a combustible substance that provides energy". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fuel?

fuel has 2 syllables: fu-el. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /ˈfjuəl/.

What is another word for fuel?

Close synonyms include fire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fuel a common word?

fuel is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fuel?

1 word rhymes with fuel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.