Need another word that means the same as “distill”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “distill” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Distill” are: make pure, purify, sublimate, distil, extract, condense
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “distill” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| condense | Express (written or spoken material) in fewer words; make concise. Water condenses. |
| distil | Extract by the process of distillation. She drew back from the dank breath that distilled out of the earth. |
| extract | Extract by the process of distillation. There are few attempts to extract generalities about the nature of the disciplines. |
| make pure | Make, formulate, or derive in the mind. |
| purify | Remove contaminants from. Purify the water. |
| sublimate | Vaporize and then condense right back again. Libido must be sublimated into productive work activities. |
| anoint | Smear or rub with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony. High priests were anointed with oil. |
| bathe | Clean one’s body by immersion into water. She was advised to bathe or shower daily. |
| carbon | Carbon fibre. The level of carbon in the atmosphere has been consistently rising. |
| cleanse | (in biblical translations) cure (a leper). Only God Himself can cleanse us. |
| coke | Become coke. Petroleum oils coke after distillation. |
| distillation | The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling. The film is a distillation of personal experiences. |
| extraction | The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means. The dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction. |
| gas | Kill or harm by exposure to gas. Gas was one of the most dreaded weapons of the war. |
| gasoline | A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. |
| kerosene | A light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heating boilers; paraffin oil. |
| lamp | Hunt at night using lamps especially for rabbits. Inspectors can lamp the lines between the manholes for routine maintenance observations. |
| lantern | The light chamber at the top of a lighthouse. The building is well lit by the ring of windows in the octagonal lantern. |
| lubricant | Lubricating. The pipe ends had been smeared with lubricant. |
| lubricate | Have lubricating properties. The liquid in this can lubricates well. |
| lubrication | An application of a lubricant to something. People sitting putting the world to rights after more than sufficient lubrication. |
| naphtha | A flammable oil containing various hydrocarbons, obtained by the dry distillation of organic substances such as coal, shale, or petroleum. |
| oil | Administer an oil or ointment to often in a religious ceremony of blessing. Attempts should not be made to oil individual tanks too rapidly. |
| petrochemical | Relating to petrochemistry. A huge petrochemical works producing plastics. |
| petrol | A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons hexane and heptane and octane etc derived from petroleum used mainly as a fuel in internal combustion engines. Petrol fumes. |
| petroleum | A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. |
| purge | A laxative. In this plant was a milky substance which was a drastic purge. |
| purify | Extract something from. They set out to purify art by reviving the spirit and style of early religious painting. |
| rarefy | Make more subtle or refined. As the shell continues to expand and rarefy astronomers may eventually be able to see characteristic gamma rays from the radioactivity within. |
| refine | Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. Sugar was refined by boiling it in huge iron vats. |
| refinery | An industrial installation where a substance is refined. An oil refinery. |
| reserves | Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. |
| sanctify | Make pure or free from sin or guilt. A small shrine was built to sanctify the site. |
| solvent | Capable of meeting financial obligations. An unrivalled solvent of social prejudices. |
| specie | Coins collectively. The Bank of England in 1795 had held around 8 million in specie. |
| wax | Cover with wax. Wax the car. |
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