EN

Synonyms for leaven

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

raising agent leavening agent yeast ferment

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Leavening agent — any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods

leavening agent, raising agent

2. Yeast

yeast, ferment, barm dated

Verb

1. Raise

raise, prove

Other

taint, imbue

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

  2. n. 2

    Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

  3. v. 1

    To add a leavening agent.

    Yeast is used to leaven bread, making it rise during baking.

Related words

Word family
leavenless leavening
Is a kind of
agent substance

Forms

Plural
leavens → yeasts, ferments, barms…
Past participle
leavened
e.g. leavened → raised, proved, tainted, imbued…

Example sentences

  • yeast Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.
  • ferment As the food particles ferment, they produce methane.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
leavensteady
yeaststeady
fermentfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
barm
5 letters
raise1, prove1, yeast1, taint1, imbue2
7 letters
ferment2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imbue2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
levain