Synonyms for fermentation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Ferment
Definitions
- n. 1
Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
- n. 2
A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
Related words
- Word family
- ferment
- Phrases
- gut fermentation syndrome
Forms
- Plural
- fermentations → ferments, agitations, unrests, zymoses…
Example sentences
- ferment As the food particles ferment, they produce methane.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fermentation | steady | |
| ferment | falling | |
| tempestuousness | steady | |
| zymosis | steady | |
| effervescence | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- unrest2
- 7 letters
- ferment2, zymosis
- 9 letters
- agitation4, zymolysis
- 10 letters
- ebullition
- 13 letters
- effervescence
- 15 letters
- tempestuousness, biofermentation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unrest2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fermentation
- Italiano
- fermentazione
- Deutsch
- Gärung