Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fermentation

2 senses of fermentation

Sense 1
agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest -- (a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest")
       => turbulence, upheaval, Sturm und Drang -- (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence")

Sense 2
zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment -- (a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol)
       => chemical process, chemical change, chemical action -- ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)