zymolysis

Questions about zymolysis

What is another word for zymolysis?

It depends which zymolysis you mean. In the sense “a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol”, the synonyms are zymosis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of zymolysis?

WordNet records no antonym for zymolysis. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for zymolysis come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of zymolysis

• Full entry for zymolysisAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for zymolysisWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.