Synonyms for foam
foʊmfoam

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1. foam, frothnoun

   a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid

   "the beer had a thick head of foam"

   Synonyms:
   froth

2. foamverb

   a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture

   Synonyms:
   froth

3. foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubblesverb

   become bubbly or frothy or foaming

   "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

   Synonyms:
   coruscate, spume, form bubbles, suds, sparkle, spark, froth, fizz, scintillate, effervesce

Matched Categories

1. • Bubble

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. foamnoun

   Synonyms:
   froth, spume, spray

2. foamverb

   Synonyms:
   froth, spume

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. foamnoun

   Synonyms:
   froth, spume, spumescence

2. foamverb

   Synonyms:
   froth, spume

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "foam":

   moss, mosses, bubble, mousse, froth, foams, styrofoam, eelgrass, foamed, scum

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How to use foam in a sentence?

1. Ashley Van Stone:

   We know that banning one material is not going to stop and eradicate all litter. But by banning foam we can work to ensure that the material is reduced from entering our environment.

2. Michael Jacobson:

   Brewers are allowed to artificially color, flavor, sweeten and preserve their products, as well as use foam enhancers, if the industry takes pride in its ingredients, it should list them on labels and not simply on the web.

3. Anaïs Nin:

   Electric flesh-arrows... traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm.

4. Mike Connor:

   Our crews were told that a couple kids had been stung but there were so many bees they couldn't get inside the home, basically they just started putting foam on the front of the house. It wasn't a hive, they were swarming.

5. Abdul Hamid:

   There was foam on their mouths, there were convulsions. They had all been on the floor, my kids, Ahmad and Aya, and my wife... they were all martyred.