'Effervescent' definitions:
Definition of 'effervescent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent, still]
adjective
(of a liquid) giving off bubbles [ant: noneffervescent]
adjective
Marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly]
Definition of 'Effervescent'
From: GCIDE
- Effervescent \Ef`fer*ves"cent\, a. [L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'effervescent'
From: GCIDE
- bubbling \bubbling\ adj.
- 1. giving off bubbles; -- of a liquid. [Narrower terms: foaming, frothing; effervescent; boiling] [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. stimulatingly lively, witty, and entertaining; -- of people.
- Syn: effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly, vivacious. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'effervescent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- activist,
- activistic,
- agog,
- airy,
- alive,
- animated,
- aquiver,
- aroused,
- atingle,
- atwitter,
- beaten,
- blebby,
- blistered,
- blistering,
- blistery,
- boiling,
- bouncing,
- bouncy,
- brash,
- breezy,
- brisk,
- bubbling,
- bubbly,
- buoyant,
- burbling,
- burbly,
- bursting,
- carbonated,
- carried away,
- chiffon,
- chipper,
- ebullient,
- energetic,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- exhilarated,
- expansive,
- exuberant,
- fired,
- fizzing,
- fizzling,
- fizzy,
- foaming,
- foamy,
- frisky,
- frothing,
- frothy,
- full of go,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- gassy,
- gay,
- gleeful,
- high,
- high-spirited,
- hilarious,
- hissing,
- hopped up,
- hushing,
- impassioned,
- inflamed,
- irrepressible,
- jolly,
- keyed up,
- lathered up,
- live,
- lively,
- manic,
- mercurial,
- militant,
- mirthful,
- moved,
- peppy,
- perky,
- pert,
- puffed,
- quicksilver,
- ready to burst,
- resilient,
- roused,
- sibilant,
- sissing,
- sizzling,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- sniffing,
- sniffling,
- snoring,
- snuffling,
- souffle,
- souffleed,
- spanking,
- sparkling,
- spirited,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- spumescent,
- steamed up,
- stimulated,
- stirred,
- stirred up,
- thrilled,
- tingling,
- tingly,
- turned-on,
- vesicant,
- vesicated,
- vesicatory,
- vesicular,
- vivacious,
- volatile,
- wheezing,
- wheezy,
- whipped,
- whipped up,
- worked up,
- wrought up,
- yeasty,
- zingy