| 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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