Ferment Synonyms and Antonyms

fûrmĕnt
An agent that stimulates or precipitates a reaction, development, or change
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. catalyst
  2. leaven
  3. leavening
  4. yeast
To be in a state of emotional or mental turmoil
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. boil
  2. work
  3. seethe
  4. turn
  5. bubble
  6. sour
  7. froth
  8. churn
  9. simmer
  10. effervesce
  11. foam
  12. agitate
  13. fizz
  14. barm
  15. burn
  16. sparkle
  17. brew
  18. catalyst
  19. acidify
  20. commotion
  21. ripen
  22. disorder
  23. enzyme
  24. dissolve
  25. excite
  26. overflow
  27. excitement
  28. evaporate
  29. fever
  30. rise
  31. heat
  32. leaven
  33. provoke
  34. smolder
  35. stew
  36. tumult
  37. turbulence
  38. uproar
  39. yeast
A state of uneasiness and usually resentment brewing to an eventual explosion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. unrest
  2. fermentation
  3. agitation
  4. stir
  5. sturm und drang
  6. excitement
  7. turmoil
  8. zymosis
  9. zymolysis
  10. tempestuousness
  11. fermenting
Antonyms:
  1. calm
  2. peace
  3. happiness
  4. contentedness
  5. pleasure

Words Related to Ferment

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. disturbance
  2. change
  3. macerate
  4. unfermented
  5. pomace
  6. grape-juice
  7. coagulate

Ferment Sentence Examples

  • An immense ferment took place.

  • For a time there was considerable ferment in Egypt.

  • This appointment, at a moment when Austria-Hungary was again contemplating war with Serbia, naturally increased the ferment, and on Aug.

  • Saccharomyces Marxianus will not hydrolyse maltose, but it does attack cane sugar and ferment the products of hydrolysis.

  • These works were attacks on the divine authority of kings and of the clergy, but as the sermon dealt more specifically and distinctly with the power of the church, its publication caused an ecclesiastical ferment which in certain aspects has no parallel in religious history.

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