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| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule of air |
| Synonyms: | balloon, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle, air ball, barm |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
| Synonyms: | boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, trickle, well, moil, swash |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift., cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead., [Science of clouds] nephelognosy; nephograph, nephology., effervescence, fermentation; bubbling., nebula; cloudliness (opacity) [more]; nebulosity (dimness) [more].
-verbs
bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.
-adjectives
bubbling; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, up., cloudy; thunderheaded; vaporous, nebulous, overcast.
-phrases
"the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost].
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| Main Entry: | bead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | droplet, blob |
| Synonyms: | bean, bubble, dab, dot, drop, globule, grain, particle, pellet, pill, shot, speck, stone, driblet, pea, spherule |
| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
| Synonyms: | abscess, boil, bubble, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, pimple, sac, sore, ulcer, vesicle, wale, welt, blain, bleb, bulla, furuncle, pustule, vesication, weal, wheal |
| Main Entry: | blob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drop, spot |
| Synonyms: | ball, bead, blot, blotch, bubble, dab, daub, dot, droplet, glob*, globule, splash, splotch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chimera |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dream, fantasy |
| Synonyms: | bogy, bubble, delusion, fabrication, fancy, fata morgana, figment, fool's paradise, hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, monster, monstrosity, pipe dream*, rainbow*, snare, specter, virtual reality |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | churn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, beat |
| Synonyms: | agitate, boil, bubble, convulse, ferment, foam, froth, jolt, seethe, simmer, swirl, toss, moil, stir up |
| Main Entry: | dome |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched part of ceiling |
| Synonyms: | arcade, arch, bubble, bulge, covering, cupola, mosque, roof, span, top, vault |
| Main Entry: | fantasy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imagination, dream |
| Synonyms: | Atlantis, Utopia, air castle, apparition, appearance, bubble*, chimera, conceiving, creativity, daydream, delusion, envisioning, externalizing, fabrication, fairyland, fancy, fancying, fantasia, figment*, flight, flight of imagination, fool's paradise, hallucination, head trip, illusion, imaginativeness, imagining, invention, mind trip, mirage, nightmare, objectifying, originality, rainbow*, reverie, trip, vagary, vision |
| Notes: | fantasy is imagination unrestricted by reality; phantasm is a ghostly appearing figure or something existing in perception only |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
| Synonyms: | boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, work, acidify, be violent, moil, stir up |
| Main Entry: | figment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | bubble*, castle in the air*, chimera, daydream, dream, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, fiction, illusion, improvisation, invention, lie, nightmare, production |
| Antonyms: | reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gurgle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | burble, murmur |
| Synonyms: | babble, bubble, crow, lap, ripple, slosh, splash, wash, plash, purl |
| Main Entry: | hairstyle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cut, style of a head of hair |
| Synonyms: | afro*, bob*, braid, bubble*, bun, chignon, coiffure, cut, do*, fade, flip, haircut, hairdo, headdress, natural, pixie, beehive, blow dry, bouffant, brushcut, crewcut, dreadlocks, ducktail, feather cut, flattop, horse tail, mohawk, pageboy, pigtails, ponytail, razor cut |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false appearance; false belief |
| Synonyms: | apparition, bubble*, chimera, confusion, daydream, deception, delusion, déjè vu, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy, figment of imagination, fool's paradise, ghost, hallucination, head trip, hocus-pocus*, idolism, ignus fatuus, image, invention, make-believe, mirage, misapprehension, misbelief, misconception, misimpression, mockery, myth, optical illusion, paramnesia, phantasm, pipe dream*, rainbow*, seeming, semblance, trip*, virtual reality |
| Antonyms: | certainty, event, fact, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | percolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seep, drip (liquid) |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bubble, charge, drain, exude, filter, impregnate, leach, ooze, penetrate, perk, permeate, pervade, saturate, strain, sweat, weep, filtrate, pass through, transfuse, transude |
| Main Entry: | simmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil, smolder |
| Synonyms: | bubble, burn, churn, cook, effervesce, ferment, fizz, fret, fume, rage, seethe, smart, sparkle, stew, stir, warm, be agitated, be angry, be tense, be uptight, fricassee, parboil |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | smolder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, simmer |
| Synonyms: | boil, bubble, churn, consume, erupt, explode, ferment, fester, fulminate, fume, seethe, smoke, steam, stir |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | sparkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glitter, shine |
| Synonyms: | beam, bubble, coruscate, dance, effervesce, fizz, fizzle, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glow, scintillate, shimmer, spark, twinkle, wink |
| Antonyms: | darken, dull |
| Main Entry: | effervesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fizz |
| Synonyms: | bubble, foam, froth |
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