All foment synonyms
fo·ment
F f verb foment
- brew — If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- whip up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- nurse — a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurture — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- fan the flames — (Idiomatic) To intensify something; to worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances.
- set on — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- generate — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- drum up — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- excite — Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
noun foment
- shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
- turnover — an act or result of turning over; upset.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.