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oasis

Definition for oasis

noun as in spring

Strong matches

fountain, well, wellspring

Weak match

watering hole

noun as in refuge

Strongest matches

haven, sanctuary

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You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.

The pop-punk of Green Day, the Britpop of Oasis, the alternative arena rock of Weezer.

And, as it turns out, a necessary zen oasis from the deafening screams of tweenage girls as this Austin Mahone character performs.

Even so, in the turbulent Middle East of the Arab Spring Lebanon has been an oasis of calm and relative affluence.

They rushed out in bathrobes and slippers, their blissful oasis near a suburban mall suddenly transformed into a horror scene.

A trick like this—a generosity so distinct as this—is a real oasis in the ecclesiastical desert.

We now enter the Palais Royal, that strange white and green oasis into which it is so simple never to stray.

Now I was filled with the desire to lie here in this “oasis” and live at ease and sniff the clean fragrance of mountain plants.

He is the one refreshing oasis in the desert wilderness of the Classical school.

It would be an oasis in this desert—that Express car; but lo!

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to oasis, such as: fountain, well, wellspring, and watering hole.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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