effervescence

Questions about effervescence

What does effervescence mean?

effervescence means "the process of bubbling as gas escapes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in effervescence?

effervescence has 4 syllables: ef-fer-ve-scence. The stress falls on "fer".

What is another word for effervescence?

Close synonyms include bubbliness, frothiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is effervescence a common word?

effervescence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.