RIVERS Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word rivers. (close relations)
river
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| brooks | nounn | |||||
noun • United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963) | ||||||
| channels | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • official routes of communication | ||||||
| creeks | 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 | ||||||
| streams | verb, nounv, n | |||||
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 | ||||||
| tributaries | 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 | ||||||
| watercourses | 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 | ||||||
| waterways | nounn | |||||
noun • a navigable body of water • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||
