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STREAM Synonyms

21 synonyms for stream. (exact relations)
23 hypernyms for stream. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for STREAM

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flow

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

• the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

• any uninterrupted stream or discharge

• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

verb

• move or progress freely as if in a stream

• move along, of liquids

• cause to flow

• be abundantly present

• fall or flow in a certain way

• cover or swamp with water

• undergo menstruation

current

noun, adjective

n, adj

adjective

• occurring in or belonging to the present time

noun

• a flow of electricity through a conductor

• a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

beck

verb

v

noun

• a beckoning gesture

brook

verb, noun

v, 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, noun

v, 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

watercourse

noun

n

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

channel

verb, noun

v, 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

creek

noun

n

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

rill

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• a small stream

• a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)

river

noun

n

noun

• a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

rivulet

noun

n

noun

• a small stream

runnel

noun

n

noun

• a small stream

waterway

noun

n

noun

• a navigable body of water

• a conduit through which water flows

pour

verb

v

verb

• cause to run

• move in large numbers

• pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment

• flow in a spurt

• supply in large amounts or quantities

• rain heavily

pelt

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

• body covering of a living animal

verb

• cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

• attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

• rain heavily

pullulate

verb

v

verb

• be teeming, be abuzz

• move in large numbers

• produce buds, branches, or germinate

• become abundant; increase rapidly

• breed freely and abundantly

swarm

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• a moving crowd

• a group of many things in the air or on the ground

verb

• be teeming, be abuzz

• move in large numbers

teem

verb

v

verb

• be teeming, be abuzz

• move in large numbers

rain buckets

noun

n

verb

• rain heavily

rain cats and dogs

verb

• rain heavily

Best Hypernyms For STREAM

Here is a list of related hypernyms for stream, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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