Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > W Synonyms of whale oil Find synonyms for: Noun1. whale oil, train oil, animal oilusage: a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminantWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: taradiddle Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language