RIVER Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word river. (close relations)
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| bay | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf • the sound of a hound on the scent • small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors • a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital • a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose • a small recess opening off a larger room • a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color adjective satellite • (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color verb • utter in deep prolonged tones • bark with prolonged noises, of dogs | ||||||
| bayou | nounn | |||||
noun • a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) | ||||||
| beck | verbv | |||||
noun • a beckoning gesture | ||||||
| bight | nounn | |||||
noun • a loop in a rope • a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) • a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline • the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) verb • fasten with a bight | ||||||
| brook | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) verb • put up with something or somebody unpleasant | ||||||
| burn | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) • damage inflicted by fire verb • destroy by fire • shine intensely, as if with heat • undergo combustion • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • cause to burn or combust • feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion • cause to undergo combustion • execute by tying to a stake and setting alight • spend (significant amounts of money) • feel hot or painful • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent • get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun • create by duplicating data • use up (energy) • damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation | ||||||
| canal | nounn | |||||
noun • (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation verb • provide (a city) with a canal | ||||||
| channel | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a path over which electrical signals can pass • a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through • a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) • a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels • (often plural) a means of communication or access • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a television station and its programs • a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors verb • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • direct the flow of • send from one person or place to another | ||||||
| confluent | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a branch that flows into the main stream adjective satellite • flowing together | ||||||
| creek | nounn | |||||
noun • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) • any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma | ||||||
| estuary | nounn | |||||
noun • the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix | ||||||
| fjord | nounn | |||||
noun • a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway | ||||||
| gill | nounn | |||||
noun • a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters • a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces • any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus • respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | ||||||
| inlet | nounn | |||||
noun • an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) • an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container | ||||||
| lagoon | nounn | |||||
noun • a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | ||||||
| rivulet | nounn | |||||
noun • a small stream | ||||||
| runnel | nounn | |||||
noun • a small stream | ||||||
| stream | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas • the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously • a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) verb • to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind • exude profusely • move in large numbers • rain heavily • flow freely and abundantly | ||||||
| tributary | nounn | |||||
noun • a branch that flows into the main stream adjective satellite • (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream • paying tribute • tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | ||||||
| watercourse | nounn | |||||
noun • natural or artificial channel through which water flows • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||