effervescent

1. 1.

   used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

   “sparkling wines”

   “sparkling water”

   Synonymssparkling
2. 2.

   (of a liquid) giving off bubbles

   Antonymsnoneffervescent

   Similarbubblingaeratedfizzingcarbonated
3. 3.

   marked by high spirits or excitement

   “his fertile effervescent mind”

   “scintillating personality”

   “a row of sparkly cheerleaders”

   Synonymsbubblingfrothyscintillatingsparkly

   Similarlively

Questions about effervescent

What does effervescent mean?

effervescent means "used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in effervescent?

effervescent has 4 syllables: ef-fer-ves-cent. The stress falls on "ves". In IPA it is /ˌɛfɚˈvɛsənt/.

What is another word for effervescent?

Close synonyms include sparkling, bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly. 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.

What is the opposite of effervescent?

The recorded antonyms are noneffervescent.

Is effervescent a common word?

effervescent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.