Synonyms of the word

ferment

• v. To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars;…
• v. To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
• n. Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
• n. A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
• n. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
• n. A catalyst.

agitation

• n. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with…
• n. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical…
• n. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
• n. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest…

boil

• n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• n. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
• n. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
• n. (rare, nonstandard) The collective noun for a group of hawks.
• v. (transitive) To heat (a liquid) to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook in boiling water.
• v. (intransitive) Of a liquid, to begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
• v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) Said of weather being uncomfortably hot.
• v. (intransitive, informal, used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot. See also seethe.
• v. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
• v. (obsolete) To steep or soak in warm water.
• v. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
• v. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

convert

• n. A person who has converted to a religion.
• n. A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
• v. (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
• v. (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
• v. (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense…
• v. (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
• v. (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
• v. (transitive) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by…
• v. (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
• v. (soccer) To score (a penalty).
• v. (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
• v. (intransitive) To become converted.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to turn; to turn.
• v. (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn into another language; to translate.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs…

fermentation

• n. (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced…
• n. A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.

fermenting

• v. present participle of ferment.

heat

• n. (uncountable) Thermal energy.
• n. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
• n. (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
• n. (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
• n. (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
• n. (uncountable, slang) The police.
• n. (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
• n. (countable, baseball) A fastball.
• n. (uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore…
• n. (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
• n. (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to…
• n. (countable) A hot spell.
• n. (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
• n. (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
• v. To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with…
• v. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
• v. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
• v. To arouse, to excite (sexually).

ignite

• v. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something).
• v. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger.
• v. (intransitive) to commence burning.
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible…

inflame

• v. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
• v. (figuratively) To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural…
• v. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
• v. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
• v. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
• v. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

matter

• n. Substance, material.
• n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
• n. An approximate amount or extent.
• n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
• n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• n. (dated) Pus.
• v. (intransitive) To be important.
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
• v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

seethe

• v. (transitive) To boil.
• v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To boil vigorously.
• v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling.
• v. (intransitive, of a person, figuratively) To be in an agitated or angry mental state, as if boiling.
• v. (intransitive, of a place, figuratively) To buzz with activity.

sour

• adj. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
• adj. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
• adj. Tasting or smelling rancid.
• adj. Peevish or bad-tempered.
• adj. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
• adj. (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
• adj. Unfortunate or unfavorable.
• adj. (music) Off-pitch, out of tune.
• n. The sensation of a sour taste.
• n. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
• n. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
• n. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
• v. (transitive) To make sour.
• v. (intransitive) To become sour.
• v. (transitive) To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
• v. (intransitive) To become disenchanted.
• v. (transitive) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
• v. To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

tempestuousness

• n. The characteristic of being tempestuous.

turbulence

• n. (uncountable) The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
• n. (uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.
• n. (uncountable) Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
• n. An instance or type of such state or disturbance.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

unrest

• n. A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations…

upheaval

• n. The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.
• n. A sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion.

wake

• v. (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
• v. (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive…
• v. To lay out a body prior to burial in order to allow family and friends to pay their last respects.
• v. To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
• v. To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
• v. (obsolete) To be alert; to keep watch.
• v. (obsolete) To sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
• n. (obsolete, poetic) The act of waking, or state of being awake.
• n. The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
• n. A period after a person's death before the body is buried, in some cultures accompanied by a party.
• n. (historical, Church of England) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication…
• n. The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
• n. The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
• n. (figuratively) The area behind something, typically a rapidly moving object.
• n. A number of vultures assembled together.

work

• n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
• n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
• n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
• n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
• n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
• n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
• v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
• v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
• v. (transitive) To set into action.
• v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
• v. (intransitive) To ferment.
• v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
• v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
• v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
• v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
• v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
• v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
• v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
• v. (transitive) To cause to work.
• v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
• v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
• v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
• v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

zymolysis

• n. (chemistry) The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation.

zymosis

• n. A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
• n. A zymotic disease.