Synonyms for barrel
ˈbær əlbar·rel

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1. barrel, gun barrelnoun

   a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

   Synonyms:
   cask, gun barrel, drum, bbl, barrelful

2. barrel, casknoun

   a cylindrical container that holds liquids

   Synonyms:
   cask, caskful, gun barrel, drum, bbl, barrelful

3. barrel, drumnoun

   a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

   Synonyms:
   membranophone, bbl, brake drum, metal drum, drumfish, cask, gun barrel, drum, tympan, barrelful

4. barrel, barrelfulnoun

   the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold

   Synonyms:
   cask, gun barrel, drum, bbl, barrelful

5. barrel, bblverb

   any of various units of capacity

   "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"

   Synonyms:
   cask, gun barrel, drum, bbl, barrelful

6. barrelverb

   put in barrels

Matched Categories

1. • Cylinder
   • Put
   • Tube

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. barrelnoun

   Synonyms:
   cask, cade, butt, puncheon, tierce, hogshead, keg, rundlet, (of wine) 31-1/2 gallons, (of flour) 196 pounds

   Associated words:
   gauntree, cooper, bilge, stave, hoop, chine

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1. List of paraphrases for "barrel":

   barrels, keg, canon, cannon, bbl, bpd, gun, canyon, drum, hot, cylinder, fat

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1. Jeff Currie:

   The world was a different place when we ran those triple-digit numbers. So, you would not only need oil to go back you'd need all those variables to go back. You created a perfect set of conditions that allowed you to get up to those levels, i'm bullish on oil, two to three years out. But I don't know if I'm bullish from $20 to $50 a barrel, or from $40 to $70 a barrel, or from $50 to $100 a barrel ... Until you have an equilibrium in all those other macro variables, you can't talk about a stable equilibrium in oil.

2. Jeff Currie:

   I'm bullish on oil, two to three years out. But I don't know if I'm bullish from $20 to $50 a barrel, or from $40 to $70 a barrel, or from $50 to $100 a barrel ... Until you have an equilibrium in all those other macro variables, you can't talk about a stable equilibrium in oil.

3. Dan Flynn:

   The rig count is a bullish element and might help keep U.S. crude above $50 (a barrel) and we might see some short covering rallies.

4. Gary Bradshaw:

   I think we’ll have a heck of a snap-back rally and crude will eventually, my guess, rebound to around $55 a barrel, we’re buying stocks thinking they’re awful close to getting washed out.

5. Rainer Seele:

   It is not yet clear which concrete sanctions the U.S. will impose. But I expect the price of North Sea Brent to be closer to $ 80 than $ 70 a barrel.