ADJECTIVE | all | effervescent, sparkling | used of wines and waters |
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all | effervescent | (of a liquid) giving off bubbles | |
all | effervescent, bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly | marked by high spirits or excitement / excitement |
Sounds | eh.ferveh'sahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide. | |
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Synonym | sparkling | |
Opposite | still, noneffervescent | not sparkling |
Spanish | espumoso | |
Verbs | effervesce | become bubbly or frothy or foaming |
Meaning | (of a liquid) giving off bubbles. | |
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Narrower | aerated, charged | Supplied with carbon dioxide |
bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy | emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | |
carbonated | Having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated) | |
fizzing, fizzy | hissing and bubbling | |
Opposite | noneffervescent | not effervescent |
Spanish | efervescente | |
Catalan | efervescent | |
Nouns | effervescence | the property of giving off bubbles |
effervescence | the process of bubbling as gas escapes | |
Verbs | effervesce | become bubbly or frothy or foaming |
Meaning | marked by high spirits or excitement / excitement. | |
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Example | "his fertile effervescent mind" | |
Synonyms | bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly | |
Broader | lively | full of life and energy |
Spanish | brillante, vivaz |
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