The breaking waves formed foam.
Source: tatoeba (63016)
Foam
/foʊm/
Synonyms for "foam" (188 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
dribbledriveldriven snowdrooldusteffervescenceeiderdownetherexpectorationextinguisherfairyfeatherfeather bedfeathersfermentfire apparatusfire enginefire extinguisherfire hosefire hydrant
Related words (94)
mantlemeringuemilkmotemoussemouth-wateringoffscumpaperpearlpillowplashplushptyalismpuddingpuffpumperputtyrubbersalivasalivation
Show 61 more words
satinscudscumsea foamseethesheetshowersialagoguesilksilversimmerslabberslaverslobbersloshsnorkelsnowsoapsudssodasoufflespargesparklespatterspindriftspitspittlesplashsplatterspongespoondriftspraysprinklesprinklersprinkler headsprinkler systemspumesputumstewstingingstirstrawsudsudssuper-pumpersurfswanswansdownswashthistledownvelvetwaterwater cannonwaxwet blanketwhipwhiskwhitewhite waterwoolyeastzephyr
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: froth, acid, aerate, aerated, air.
- Sentence evidence is available for foam, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "foam".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "foam"
Keep "foam" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "foam" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "foam", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "foam" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesMore specific
11 entriesCollocations
9 entriesbeer foamfoam boardfoam cupfoam insulationfoam rubberfoam soappolyurethane foamsea foamshaving foam
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
188 translations across 141 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skuim noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Albanian
1 entries- shkumë noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Amharic
1 entries- አረፋ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀφρός noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ἄχνη noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Arabic
4 entries- رغوة noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ريم noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- رَغْوَة noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- رَغْوَة noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Armenian
1 entries- փրփուր noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Aromanian
1 entries- spumã noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Assamese
2 entries- ফেন noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ফেনা noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- köpük noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Bashkir
1 entries- күбек noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Basque
1 entries- apar noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Bavarian German
1 entries- schaum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Belarusian
1 entries- пе́на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Bengali
1 entries- ফেনা noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- फेन noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Bikol Central
1 entries- subo noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пя́на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Burmese
1 entries- အမြှုပ် noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- пі́на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Catalan
1 entries- escuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کەف noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄜𑄬𑄚 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Chepang
1 entries- भोप् noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏬᎩᏟ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Cheyenne
1 entries- é'távo noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 泡沫 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 沫 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- 泡 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- 泡沫 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Church Slavic
2 entries- пѣна noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ⱂⱑⱀⰰ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӑпӑк noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- köpük noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Czech
1 entries- pěna noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Dalmatian
1 entries- sploima noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Danish
1 entries- skum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Dari
1 entries- کَف noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Dutch
1 entries- schuim noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝaŭmo noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Estonian
1 entries- vaht noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Faroese
1 entries- skúm noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Fijian
1 entries- vuso noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Finnish
1 entries- vaahto noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
French
2 entries- mousse noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- écume noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Friulian
1 entries- sbrume noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Galician
4 entries- babuxa noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- bogada noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- cachón noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- cuspia noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Georgian
1 entries- ქაფი noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
German
2 entries- Schaum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- Schuum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍉 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Greek
1 entries- αφρός noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Gujarati
2 entries- ફીણ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ફેણ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Hawaiian
1 entries- huʻa noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Hebrew
1 entries- קֶצֶף noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Hindi
3 entries- कोप noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- झाग noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- फेन noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Hungarian
1 entries- hab noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Icelandic
1 entries- froða noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ido
1 entries- spumo noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Indonesian
1 entries- busa noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ingrian
2 entries- koohu noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- vaahto noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ingush
1 entries- чоп noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- کَف noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Irish
2 entries- cúr noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- sobal noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Italian
1 entries- schiuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Japanese
2 entries- 泡 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- 泡 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Kannada
1 entries- ನೊರೆ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Kazakh
2 entries- көбік noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- көпіршік noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Khmer
1 entries- ពពុះ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Korean
1 entries- 거품 noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- көбүк noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Lao
3 entries- ຟອງ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ລະລອກ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ໂຟມ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Latin
1 entries- spūma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Latvian
1 entries- putas noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Lezgi
1 entries- каф noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Lingala
2 entries- mfulu noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- mpulu noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Lithuanian
1 entries- puta noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Low German
1 entries- Schuum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Macedonian
1 entries- пе́на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Malay
1 entries- busa noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Malayalam
1 entries- പത noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Maltese
1 entries- ragħwa noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠣᠪᠣᠩᡤᡳ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ᡥᠣᡶᡠᠨ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Middle English
1 entries- fom noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Mongolian
2 entries- хөөс noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Māori
3 entries- hukanga noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- pūpūtai noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- pūtai noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Neapolitan
1 entries- scumma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kef noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Occitan
1 entries- escuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Odia
1 entries- ଫେଣ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- пѣна noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Old English
1 entries- fām noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Oromo
1 entries- hoomacha noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ossetian
1 entries- фынк noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كف noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- كوپوك noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Pali
1 entries- pheṇa noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- пена noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Pashto
3 entries- جخ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ځګ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- کف noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Polish
1 entries- piana noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Portuguese
1 entries- espuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Punjabi
2 entries- جَھگّ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- ਝੱਗ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Romanian
1 entries- spumă noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Russian
1 entries- пе́на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Samoan
1 entries- piapia noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Sango
1 entries- pulu noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Sanskrit
1 entries- फेन noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Sardinian
3 entries- ispruma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- sprumma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- spuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cobhar noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- cop noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pjȅna noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- pȅna noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- пе̏на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- пје̏на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Shor
1 entries- кӧбӱк noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Sicilian
1 entries- scuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Slovak
1 entries- pena noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Slovene
1 entries- pena noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Spanish
2 entries- espuma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- jabonadura noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Swahili
1 entries- povu noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Swedish
1 entries- skum noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠚꠦꠘ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tagalog
1 entries- bula noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tajik
1 entries- кафк noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tamil
1 entries- நுரை noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tarifit
1 entries- kuffu noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tashelhit
1 entries- aluffi noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tatar
1 entries- күбек noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Telugu
1 entries- నురగ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Thai
2 entries- ฟอง noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- โฟม noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ዓፍራ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Turkish
1 entries- köpük noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Turkmen
1 entries- köpük noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Udmurt
1 entries- шукы noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пі́на noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Urdu
2 entries- جھاگ noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- کَف noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Uyghur
1 entries- كۆپۈك noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Uzbek
1 entries- koʻpik noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Venetan
1 entries- sbiùma noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bọt noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Wakhi
1 entries- xuf noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Walloon
1 entries- schome noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Welsh
1 entries- ewyn noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
West-Frisian
1 entries- skom noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
White Hmong
1 entries- npuas noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- хаф noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּינע noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
- שוים noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Yámana
1 entries- sia noun (substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
The sea was white with foam.
Source: tatoeba (282350)
The foam vanished in an instant.
Source: tatoeba (321070)
Poetry must be new as foam, and as old as the rock.
Source: tatoeba (868164)
Showing 4 of 36 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "foam"?
Closest matches include froth, acid, aerate, aerated, air.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "foam"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.