Roget's Thesaurus

#353. Bubble

Nouns

bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift. cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead. [Science of clouds] nephelognosy; nephograph, nephology. effervescence, fermentation; bubbling etc. v.. nebula; cloudliness etc. (opacity) 426; nebulosity etc. (dimness) 422.

Verbs

bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.

Adjectives

bubbling etc. v.; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux [Fr.], frothy [Fr.Tr.], up. cloudy etc. n.; thunderheaded; vaporous, nebulous, overcast.

Phrases

the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip [Paradise Lost].