BUBBLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BUBBLE?

Need another word that means the same as “bubble”? Find 50 synonyms and 30 related words for “bubble” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Bubble” are: house of cards, globe, ball, orb, spheroid, globule, round, bead, blister, drop, illusion, delusion, fantasy, dream, pipe dream, daydream, chimera, vanity, castle in the air, babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple, belch, burp, eruct, sparkle, fizz, effervesce, foam, froth, spume, boil, simmer, seethe, murmur, purr, purl, tinkle, whir, drone, rumble, buzz, hum, overflow, brim over, be filled, run over, gush

Bubble as a Noun

Definitions of "Bubble" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bubble” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A place or position that is protected from danger or unpleasant reality.
• A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control.
• An air- or gas-filled spherical cavity in a liquid or a solidified liquid such as glass.
• Used to refer to a good or fortunate situation that is isolated from reality or unlikely to last.
• An impracticable and illusory idea.
• Used to refer to a significant, usually rapid, increase in asset prices that is soon followed by a collapse in prices and typically arises from speculation or enthusiasm rather than intrinsic increases in value.
• A hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide.
• A transparent domed cover or enclosure.
• A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.
• A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic.
• A marine mollusc that typically has a thin scroll-like shell.

Synonyms of "Bubble" as a noun (19 Words)

ball	A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players teams take turns at bat trying to score runs. He played baseball in high school.
bead	A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture. Long strings of beads.
blister	A preparation applied to the skin to form a blister. The child is a disgusting little blister.
castle in the air	The piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard.
chimera	A grotesque product of the imagination. The economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera.
daydream	Absentminded dreaming while awake. She was lost in a daydream.
delusion	The action of deluding or the state of being deluded. He has delusions of competence.
dream	A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe. It was a dream of a backhand.
drop	A section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies a drop cloth or drop curtain. He doesn t touch a drop during the week.
fantasy	A fantasia. The notion of being independent is a child s ultimate fantasy.
globe	A spherical or rounded object. A female figure holding a sceptre and globe.
globule	A small round particle of a substance; a drop. Globules of fat.
house of cards	The management of a gambling house or casino.
illusion	An erroneous mental representation. They have the illusion that I am very wealthy.
orb	An object with a spherical shape. A pale orb of hazy reddish light.
pipe dream	A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco.
round	The amount of ammunition needed to fire one shot. They enjoyed singing rounds.
spheroid	A solid generated by a half revolution of an ellipse about its major axis prolate spheroid or minor axis oblate spheroid. It looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid.
vanity	The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride. A vanity press.

Usage Examples of "Bubble" as a noun

• We both lived in a bubble, the kind provided by occupying a privileged pied-à-terre in Greenwich Village.
• They are not on tour packages seeing foreign ports from a bubble.
• He didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble.
• Many companies enjoyed rapid expansion before the bubble burst.
• A real estate bubble.
• The white foamy part of a broken wave is largely made up of air bubbles.
• The US economy squandered trillions as a result of the 1990s stock market bubble.
• We'd shake up a piece of soap in a tin of warm water and blow bubbles.
• Piglets born into a sterile bubble.

Bubble as a Verb

Definitions of "Bubble" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bubble” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.
• (of a liquid) form rising bubbles of gas or air.
• (of a feeling) become more intense and approach the point of being expressed.
• Form, produce, or emit bubbles.
• Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles.
• Expel gas from the stomach.
• Cause to form bubbles.
• Make a bubbling sound.
• Be filled with an irrepressible positive feeling.

Synonyms of "Bubble" as a verb (31 Words)

babble	To talk foolishly. I gasped and stared and babbled Look at this.
be filled	Have an existence, be extant.
belch	(especially of a chimney) send out large amounts of (smoke or flames. Pardon me for belching.
boil	Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor. We asked people to boil their drinking water.
brim over	Be completely full.
burble	Make a continuous murmuring noise. He burbled on about annuities.
burp	Expel gas from the stomach. Please don t burp at the table.
buzz	Call with a buzzer. Twenty four hours later Mark was still buzzing.
drone	Make a continuous low humming sound. In the far distance a machine droned.
effervesce	(of a liquid) give off bubbles. Managers are supposed to effervesce with praise and encouragement.
eruct	Expel gas from the stomach.
fizz	Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. His lemonade was still fizzing at the top of the glass.
foam	Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. The river was foaming.
froth	Make froth or foam and become bubbly. The red blood frothed at his lips.
guggle	Make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle.
gurgle	Make a hollow bubbling sound like that made by water running out of a bottle. My stomach gurgled.
gush	Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. The tanker began to gush oil from its damaged hull.
hum	Sound with a monotonous hum. She hummed a melody.
murmur	Express one’s discontent about (someone or something) in a subdued manner. How interesting he murmured quietly.
overflow	Overflow with a certain feeling. Boxes overflowing with bright flowers.
purl	Knit with a purl stitch. Knit one purl one.
purr	Indicate pleasure by purring characteristic of cats. The car engine purred.
ripple	Stir up water so as to form ripples. Applause rippled around the tables.
rumble	(of a dispute) continue in a persistent but low-key way. He grumbled a rude response.
run over	Travel a route regularly.
seethe	(of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling. We cascaded down the stairs and seethed across the station.
simmer	Show or feel barely suppressed anger or other strong emotion. She was simmering with resentment.
sparkle	Be vivacious and witty. The musical performance sparkled.
spume	Make froth or foam and become bubbly. Water was spuming under the mill.
whir	Make a soft swishing sound. The motor whirred.

Usage Examples of "Bubble" as a verb

• Bubble to the surface.
• Bubble gas through a liquid.
• Close by, a stream bubbled along through reeds and rushes.
• A pot of coffee bubbled away on the stove.
• Ellen was bubbling with enthusiasm.
• The fury bubbling up inside her.

Associations of "Bubble" (30 Words)

ablution	The ritual washing of a priest’s hands or of sacred vessels. The women performed their ablutions.
bath	You soak and wash your body in a bathtub. How to bath a baby.
bathe	Suffuse or envelop in something. Veal bathed in a rich creamy sauce.
bathtub	A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
borax	An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent.
churn	Produce butter by churning milk or cream. The fresh creamy milk sat in a churn in the kitchen.
cleanse	(in biblical translations) cure (a leper). You can consume the broth three times a day for a cleanse.
conditioner	A liquid applied to the hair after shampooing to improve its condition. Farm work can be a good conditioner.
dampen	Check; keep in check (a fire. The fine rain dampened her face.
drizzle	Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower. A steady drizzle has been falling since 3 a m.
effervescence	The process of bubbling as gas escapes. He was filled with such effervescence.
excite	Cause to be agitated excited or roused. The energy of an electron is sufficient to excite the atom.
fizz	The quality of being fizzy effervescence. The fizz of 300 sparklers.
froth	Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. Her skirt swirled in a froth of black lace.
frothy	Light and entertaining but of little substance. Foamy or frothy beer.
lather	Exude sweat or lather. My mother caught me by the back of the neck and lathered me up the steps.
launder	A channel for conveying molten metal from a furnace or container to a ladle or mould. We began to notice attempts to launder the data retrospectively.
lave	Wash. The sea below laved the shore with small agitated waves.
moisten	Moisten with fine drops. Her eyes moistened.
oxygenation	The process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen. The oxygenation of the blood.
plumbing	The work of installing and maintaining a plumbing system. The kitchen has a gas cooker point and plumbing for an automatic washing machine.
restroom	A toilet in a public building.
rinse	Rinse one s mouth and throat with mouthwash. A coloured rinse.
shampoo	Wash something in or out of the hair using shampoo. Dolly was sitting in the bath shampooing her hair.
shiny	Having a shiny surface or coating. Shiny hair.
shower	Cause a mass of small things to fall in a shower. Her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting.
soap	A soap opera. She soaped her face.
toilet	A room building or cubicle containing a toilet or toilets. Most patients with the disease are incontinent although this may be minimized with regular toileting.
tub	Plant in a tub. A margarine tub.
wash	Wash or flow against. She hung out her Tuesday wash.