Synonyms of fermenting

fermenting

verb

present participle of ferment

as in provoking

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being

the various social and economic factors that fermented the major cultural change during the U.S. during the 1960s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• raising
• promoting
• brewing
• triggering
• fomenting
• encouraging
• cultivating
• inciting
• picking
• stirring (up)
• instigating
• abetting
• whipping (up)
• stimulating
• setting in motion
• fostering
• sowing
• nurturing
• nourishing
• furthering
• forwarding
• advancing
• detonating
• inspiring
• motivating
• setting off
• activating
• galvanizing
• exciting
• inflaming
• rousing
• energizing
• setting
• enflaming
• firing
• invigorating
• enlivening
• quickening
• vitalizing
• jazzing (up)
• pepping (up)
• livening (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulating
• checking
• holding
• inhibiting
• restraining
• curbing
• taming
• discouraging
• constraining
• reining (in)
• settling
• bridling
• subduing
• quieting
• soothing
• calming
• stilling
• allaying
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing