Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.
Source: tatoeba (34925)
Yeast
/jiːst/
Synonyms for "yeast" (31 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Adjective(1 words)
danish gær
Related words (15)
Adjective(1 words)
italian fungo
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, barm.
- Sentence evidence is available for yeast, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, wordnet, derived_reverse, opengloss, 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 "yeast".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "yeast"
Keep "yeast" 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 "yeast" 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 "yeast", 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 "yeast" 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
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriesactive dry yeastbaker's yeastbrewer's yeastfresh yeastinstant yeastnutritional yeast
Collocations
6 entriesactive dry yeastbaker's yeastbrewer's yeastdry yeastinstant yeastnutritional yeast
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 91 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gis noun (fungus)
Albanian
3 entries- maja noun (fungus)
- tharm noun (fungus)
- thartinë noun (fungus)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ζύμη noun (fungus)
Arabic
2 entries- خميرة noun (fungus)
- خَمِيرَة noun (fungus)
Armenian
1 entries- խմորիչ noun (fungus)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- acıtma noun (fungus)
- maya noun (fungus)
Belarusian
1 entries- дро́жджы noun (fungus)
Bengali
1 entries- খামির noun (fungus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дро́жда noun (fungus)
Burmese
1 entries- တဆေး noun (fungus)
Catalan
1 entries- llevat m rent noun (fungus)
Chichewa
1 entries- yisiti noun (fungus)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 酵母 noun (fungus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 酵母 noun (fungus)
Church Slavic
1 entries- дрождиѩ noun (fungus)
Cornish
2 entries- burm noun (fungus)
- burmen noun (fungus)
Czech
1 entries- kvasinka noun (fungus)
Danish
1 entries- gær noun (fungus)
Dutch
1 entries- gist noun (fungus)
Esperanto
1 entries- gisto noun (fungus)
Estonian
2 entries- pärm noun (fungus)
- pärmseened noun (fungus)
Faroese
1 entries- ger noun (fungus)
Finnish
2 entries- hiiva noun (fungus)
- hiivasieni noun (fungus)
French
1 entries- levure noun (fungus)
Galician
1 entries- fermento noun (fungus)
Georgian
1 entries- სოკო noun (fungus)
German
2 entries- Hefe noun (fungus)
- Hefepilz noun (fungus)
Greek
2 entries- ζύμη noun (fungus)
- μαγιά noun (fungus)
Gujarati
1 entries- યીસ્ટના noun (fungus)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ledven noun (fungus)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְׁמָרִים noun (fungus)
Hindi
2 entries- खमीर noun (fungus)
- ख़मीर noun (fungus)
Hungarian
1 entries- élesztő noun (fungus)
Icelandic
1 entries- ger noun (fungus)
Ido
1 entries- hefo noun (fungus)
Indonesian
1 entries- ragi noun (fungus)
Ingrian
2 entries- hiiva noun (fungus)
- töömees noun (fungus)
Irish
2 entries- gabháil noun (fungus)
- giosta noun (fungus)
Italian
1 entries- lievito noun (fungus)
Japanese
1 entries- 酵母 noun (fungus)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- furméntu noun (fungus)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹುದುಗು noun (fungus)
Kazakh
1 entries- ашытқы noun (fungus)
Khmer
1 entries- ដំបែ noun (fungus)
Korean
1 entries- 효모 noun (fungus)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ачыткы noun (fungus)
Lao
4 entries- ຢັ່ນ noun (fungus)
- ສ່າ noun (fungus)
- ຫມັກ noun (fungus)
- ເຊຶ້ອ noun (fungus)
Latgalian
1 entries- mīlis noun (fungus)
Latin
1 entries- fermentum noun (fungus)
Latvian
2 entries- ieraugs noun (fungus)
- raugs noun (fungus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mielės noun (fungus)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- droždźeje noun (fungus)
Macedonian
1 entries- квасец noun (fungus)
Malay
3 entries- khamir noun (fungus)
- ragi noun (fungus)
- yis noun (fungus)
Malayalam
1 entries- യീസ്റ്റ് noun (fungus)
Maltese
1 entries- ħmira noun (fungus)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᠠᡩᠠᠰᡠ noun (fungus)
Maranao
1 entries- tapay noun (fungus)
Māori
2 entries- ihi noun (fungus)
- īhi noun (fungus)
Neapolitan
1 entries- criscito noun (fungus)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hevîrtirş noun (fungus)
Norwegian
2 entries- gjær noun (fungus)
- jest noun (fungus)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مایه noun (fungus)
Pashto
3 entries- تومنه noun (fungus)
- سپېسته noun (fungus)
- مايه noun (fungus)
Persian
3 entries- بوزک noun (fungus)
- خمیرترش noun (fungus)
- مخمر noun (fungus)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Häw noun (fungus)
Polabian
1 entries- kosăc noun (fungus)
Polish
1 entries- drożdże noun (fungus)
Portuguese
2 entries- fermento noun (fungus)
- levedura noun (fungus)
Romanian
3 entries- drojdie noun (fungus)
- ferment noun (fungus)
- levură noun (fungus)
Russian
1 entries- дро́жжи noun (fungus)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kvas noun (fungus)
- kvasac noun (fungus)
- квас noun (fungus)
- квасац noun (fungus)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- jäˊstt noun (fungus)
Slovak
2 entries- kvas noun (fungus)
- kvasinka noun (fungus)
Slovene
1 entries- kvas noun (fungus)
Spanish
2 entries- levadura noun (fungus)
- levadura fúngica noun (fungus)
Swahili
1 entries- hamira noun (fungus)
Swedish
1 entries- jäst noun (fungus)
Tagalog
1 entries- lebadura noun (fungus)
Tajik
1 entries- хамиртуруш noun (fungus)
Thai
3 entries- ยีสต์ noun (fungus)
- ส่า noun (fungus)
- เชื้อหมัก noun (fungus)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཕབས noun (fungus)
Turkish
1 entries- maya noun (fungus)
Turkmen
1 entries- hamyrmaýa noun (fungus)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дрі́жджі noun (fungus)
Urdu
1 entries- خمیر noun (fungus)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئېچىتقۇ noun (fungus)
Uzbek
3 entries- achitqi noun (fungus)
- drojji noun (fungus)
- xamirturush noun (fungus)
Vietnamese
1 entries- men noun (fungus)
Welsh
1 entries- burum noun (fungus)
Yiddish
1 entries- הייוון noun (fungus)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.
Source: tatoeba (34926)
Yeast makes dough rise.
Source: tatoeba (66758)
Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.
Source: tatoeba (66759)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "yeast"?
Closest matches include agent, alterant, alterative, alterer, barm.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "yeast"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.