Synonyms: petroleum, oil, rock oil, fossil oil, crude, crude oil
Definition: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Similar words: fossil fuel
Definition: fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
Similar words: oil
Definition: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
Definition: not processed or subjected to analysis
Usage: raw data; the raw cost of production; only the crude vital statistics
Similar words: unanalyzed
Definition: not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination
Usage: an unanalyzed compound; unanalyzed data
Definition: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Usage: the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline
Similar words: unconditional, unconditioned
Definition: not conditional
Usage: unconditional surrender
Synonyms: gross, earthy, crude, vulgar
Definition: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Usage: coarse language; a crude joke; crude behavior; an earthy sense of humor; a revoltingly gross expletive; a vulgar gesture; full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
Similar words: indecent
Definition: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
Usage: an earthy but not indecent story; an indecent gesture
Synonyms: primitive, rude, crude
Definition: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Usage: the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man; primitive movies of the 1890s; primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
Similar words: early
Definition: being or occurring at an early stage of development
Usage: in an early stage; early forms of life; early man; an early computer
Definition: not carefully or expertly made
Usage: managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry
Similar words: unskilled
Definition: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
Usage: unskilled in the art of rhetoric; an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber; unskilled labor; workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities; unskilled workmanship