What is another word for foment?
589 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈə͡ʊmənt], [ fˈəʊmənt], [ f_ˈəʊ_m_ə_n_t]
Foment means to incite or stir up something, usually negative or violent, such as a rebellion or protest. Some synonyms for this word include instigate, provoke, agitate, incite, excite, and encourage. Other synonyms that could be used are inflame, stimulate, trigger, spur, and promote. These words are all similar in meaning to foment, and can be used interchangeably in certain contexts. It is important to choose the most appropriate synonym that conveys the intended meaning in order to help readers understand what you are trying to say.
Synonyms for Foment:
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- spur .
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v.
• arouse- alert ,
- animate ,
- awaken ,
- call ,
- challenge ,
- electrify ,
- enliven ,
- move ,
- rally ,
- send ,
- thrill ,
- turn on ,
- waken ,
- warm ,
- whet .
- breed ,
- compound ,
- concoct ,
- contrive ,
- develop ,
- form ,
- gather ,
- loom ,
- mull ,
- plot ,
- project ,
- scheme ,
- weave .
- browbeat ,
- bulldoze ,
- bully ,
- cause ,
- coerce ,
- compel ,
- daunt ,
- dictate ,
- dragoon ,
- drive ,
- galvanize ,
- goad ,
- hijack ,
- intimidate ,
- mandate ,
- motivate ,
- nag ,
- oblige ,
- press ,
- pressure ,
- propel ,
- push ,
- stress ,
- urge .
- beget ,
- bring about ,
- create ,
- generate ,
- induce ,
- make ,
- muster ,
- occasion ,
- precipitate ,
- procreate ,
- produce ,
- propagate ,
- spawn .
- accelerate ,
- amaze ,
- anger ,
- annoy ,
- astound ,
- bother ,
- chafe ,
- delight ,
- discompose ,
- disturb ,
- elicit ,
- energize ,
- fire ,
- fluster ,
- infuriate ,
- intensify ,
- irritate ,
- jar ,
- jolt ,
- madden ,
- mock ,
- offend ,
- taunt ,
- tease ,
- titillate ,
- vex ,
- worry .
- acidify ,
- boil ,
- bubble ,
- churn ,
- dissolve ,
- effervesce ,
- evaporate ,
- fester ,
- fizz ,
- foam ,
- heat ,
- leaven ,
- moil ,
- overflow ,
- ripen ,
- seethe ,
- sour .
- Impassion ,
- burn ,
- enrage ,
- exasperate ,
- fan ,
- gall ,
- grate ,
- ignite ,
- incense ,
- increase ,
- light ,
- put out ,
- rile ,
- roil ,
- worsen .
- adds fuel ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating ,
- made waves ,
- making waves ,
- rabble rouse ,
- rabble roused ,
- rabble rouses ,
- rabble rousing ,
- rabble-roused ,
- rabble-rouses ,
- rabblerouse ,
- rabbleroused ,
- rabblerouses ,
- rabblerousing ,
- sets on ,
- setting on .
- be stir ,
- be stirred ,
- be stirring ,
- be stirs ,
- be-stir ,
- be-stirred ,
- be-stirring ,
- be-stirs ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- gat smoking ,
- gets smoking ,
- getting smoking ,
- got smoking ,
- gotten smoking .
- bump ,
- catapult ,
- entice ,
- fling ,
- force ,
- hasten ,
- heave ,
- hurl ,
- hurtle ,
- inspire ,
- jerk ,
- jog ,
- jostle ,
- knock ,
- launch ,
- lob ,
- magnetize ,
- nudge ,
- pitch ,
- poke ,
- prod ,
- punch ,
- ram ,
- shoot ,
- shove ,
- sling ,
- strike ,
- throw ,
- thrust .
- gat nerves ,
- gat on nerves ,
- gat on one nerves ,
- gat on one's nerves ,
- gat on ones nerves ,
- gat one nerves ,
- gat one's nerves ,
- gat ones nerves ,
- get nerves ,
- get on one nerves ,
- get on ones nerves ,
- get one nerves ,
- get one's nerves ,
- get ones nerves ,
- get under one skin ,
- get under ones skin ,
- gets nerves ,
- gets on nerves ,
- gets on one nerves ,
- gets on one's nerves ,
- gets on ones nerves ,
- gets one nerves ,
- gets one's nerves ,
- gets ones nerves ,
- getting nerves ,
- getting on nerves ,
- getting on one nerves ,
- getting on one's nerves ,
- getting on ones nerves ,
- getting one nerves ,
- getting one's nerves ,
- getting ones nerves ,
- got nerves ,
- got on nerves ,
- got on one nerves ,
- got on one's nerves ,
- got on ones nerves ,
- got one nerves ,
- got one's nerves ,
- got ones nerves ,
- gotten nerves ,
- gotten on nerves ,
- gotten on one nerves ,
- gotten on one's nerves ,
- gotten on ones nerves ,
- gotten one nerves ,
- gotten one's nerves ,
- gotten ones nerves ,
- hit where lives ,
- hits where lives ,
- hits where one lives ,
- hitting where lives ,
- hitting where one lives ,
- made blood boil ,
- makes blood boil ,
- making blood boil ,
- tried one patience ,
- tried one's patience ,
- tried ones patience ,
- tried patience ,
- tries one patience ,
- tries one's patience ,
- tries ones patience ,
- tries patience ,
- try one patience ,
- try ones patience ,
- try patience ,
- trying one patience ,
- trying one's patience ,
- trying ones patience ,
- trying patience ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting ,
- work in to lather ,
- worked in to lather ,
- worked into lather ,
- working in to lather ,
- working into lather ,
- works in to lather ,
- works into lather ,
- wrought in to lather ,
- wrought into lather .
- Intensated ,
- Intensating ,
- asked for it ,
- asking for it ,
- asks for it ,
- gat going ,
- gets going ,
- gotten going ,
- in nervate ,
- in nerve ,
- in nerved ,
- in nerves ,
- in nerving ,
- in-nervate ,
- in-nerve ,
- in-nerved ,
- in-nerves ,
- in-nerving ,
- innervated ,
- innervates ,
- innervating ,
- innerves ,
- intensates ,
- re double ,
- re doubled ,
- re doubles ,
- re doubling ,
- re-double ,
- re-doubled ,
- re-doubles ,
- re-doubling .
- be ginning ,
- be gun ,
- be-ginning ,
- be-gun ,
- put motion ,
- puts in motion ,
- puts motion ,
- putting in motion ,
- putting motion .
- Commoved ,
- build fire under ,
- builded a fire under ,
- builded fire under ,
- building a fire under ,
- building fire under ,
- builds a fire under ,
- builds fire under ,
- built a fire under ,
- built fire under ,
- commoves ,
- dynamized ,
- dynamizes ,
- dynamizing ,
- gat one going ,
- gat one started ,
- gat started ,
- gets one going ,
- gets one started ,
- gets started ,
- getting one going ,
- getting one started ,
- getting started ,
- got one going ,
- got one started ,
- got started ,
- gotten one going ,
- gotten one started ,
- gotten started .
Other synonyms:
- blacklist ,
- boycott ,
- bring down ,
- chase ,
- destabilize ,
- oust ,
- overthrow ,
- revolt ,
- riot ,
- sit in ,
- stir up trouble ,
- subvert .
- work .
- defect ,
- demonstrate ,
- dislodge ,
- egg on ,
- rebel ,
- remove ,
- revolution .
- pique .
- march .
- rise .
Other relevant words:
- Bestirred ,
- Bestirring ,
- Commoving ,
- Frothed ,
- Innerve ,
- Innerved ,
- Innerving ,
- Intensate ,
- Moiling ,
- Mooted ,
- Mooting ,
- PSYCH ,
- Perking ,
- Rallied ,
- Schemed ,
- Spawned ,
- Spiriting ,
- adjy ,
- arouse ,
- ask for it ,
- be violent ,
- bestir ,
- bestirs ,
- brew ,
- bring forth ,
- bringing forth ,
- build a fire under ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- commove ,
- dynamize ,
- embitter ,
- engender ,
- exacerbate ,
- excite ,
- fan the fire ,
- ferment ,
- fire up ,
- fires up ,
- fizzing ,
- foment ,
- foster ,
- froth ,
- frothing ,
- gave birth to ,
- gave rise to ,
- get going ,
- get on nerves ,
- get on one's nerves ,
- get one going ,
- get one started ,
- get smoking ,
- get started ,
- get to ,
- get under skin ,
- gets to ,
- getting going ,
- getting to ,
- give birth to ,
- give rise to ,
- gives birth to ,
- gives rise to ,
- giving rise to ,
- got going ,
- got to ,
- hatch ,
- heat up ,
- heated up ,
- heating ,
- heats up ,
- hit where one lives ,
- impel ,
- impelled ,
- impend ,
- in flames ,
- in spirits ,
- incite ,
- inflame ,
- innervate ,
- instigate ,
- intoxicate ,
- intoxicates ,
- jazzed ,
- jazzing ,
- juiced ,
- juicing ,
- key up ,
- keyed up ,
- kindle ,
- lead to ,
- leading to ,
- leads to ,
- leavening ,
- led to ,
- make blood boil ,
- make waves ,
- makes waves ,
- moots ,
- perked ,
- pick on ,
- powered ,
- powering ,
- provoke ,
- psyching ,
- psychs ,
- put forward ,
- put in motion ,
- put to ,
- put up to ,
- puts forward ,
- rabble-rouse ,
- rabble-rousing ,
- raise ,
- rouse ,
- rousing ,
- sending ,
- set ,
- set in motion ,
- set off ,
- set on ,
- sets in motion ,
- setting in motion ,
- setting off ,
- simmer ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- stimulate ,
- stir ,
- stir embers ,
- stir up ,
- stirred up ,
- stirring up ,
- stirs up ,
- switch on ,
- switched on ,
- switching on ,
- talk into ,
- trigger ,
- triggering ,
- triggers ,
- try one's patience ,
- turning on ,
- up set ,
- wake up ,
- waked up ,
- waking up ,
- whip up ,
- woke up ,
- woken ,
- work into lather ,
- work up .
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How to use "Foment" in context?
Foment refers to the act of inciting or stirring up unrest or revolution. The word comes from the Latin verb "fomes," meaning to smoulder or glow.
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