Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > O Synonyms of oil bearing Find synonyms for: Adjective1. oil-bearing, productive (vs. unproductive)usage: containing oil; "oil-bearing shale"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: hortatory Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language