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stream
(Chiefly British) A course of study to which students are tracked.
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  1. (Chiefly British) A course of study to which students are tracked.
  2. A trend or course
  3. A current or flow of water or other liquid, esp. one running along the surface of the earth; specif., a small river
flow
A continuous output or outpouring:
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  1. A continuous output or outpouring:
  2. A continuous movement or circulation:
  3. A stream or current.
course
Development in a particular way; progress:
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  1. Development in a particular way; progress:
  2. (Sports) A designated route or area on which a race is held:
  3. A typical, natural, or customary manner of proceeding or developing:
current
A flowing movement in a liquid, gas, plasma, or other form of matter, especially one that follows a recognizable course.
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  1. A flowing movement in a liquid, gas, plasma, or other form of matter, especially one that follows a recognizable course.
  2. A general tendency, movement, or course.
  3. A flow of positive electric charge. The strength of current flow in any medium is related to voltage differences in that medium, as well as the electrical properties of the medium, and is measured in amperes. Since electrons are stipulated to have a negative charge, current in an electrical circuit actually flows in the opposite direction of the movement of electrons.
tributary
A tributary nation or ruler
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  1. A tributary nation or ruler
  2. A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.
  3. A stream that flows into a river, a larger stream, or a lake.
branch
An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas:
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  1. An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas:
  2. One of the streams into which a river or large creek may divide, usually near the mouth
  3. A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.
estuary
An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river.
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  1. An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river.
  2. The part of the wide lower course of a river where its current is met by the tides.
  3. The wide lower course of a river where it flows into the sea. Estuaries experience tidal flows and their water is a changing mixture of fresh and salt.
rivulet
A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
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  1. A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
  2. A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
  3. A little stream; brook
creek
A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
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  1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
  2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh:
  3. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river.
brook
A surname​ for someone living by a brook.
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  1. A surname​ for someone living by a brook.
  2. A female given name of modern usage; more often spelled Brooke.
  3. A small stream, usually not so large as a river
watercourse
A stream or river.
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  1. A stream or river.
  2. Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows
  3. A stream of water; river, brook, etc.
waterway
A channel at the edge of a ship's deck to drain away water.
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  1. A channel at the edge of a ship's deck to drain away water.
  2. A channel or runnel through or along which water runs
  3. A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
wave
An upsurge or rise, as to a crest, or a progressively swelling manifestation
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  1. An upsurge or rise, as to a crest, or a progressively swelling manifestation
  2. A single cycle of a periodic wave.
  3. A surge or rush, as of sensation:
swell
(Music) A gradual increase in volume (crescendo), usually followed by a gradual decrease (decrescendo)
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  1. (Music) A gradual increase in volume (crescendo), usually followed by a gradual decrease (decrescendo)
  2. The act or process of swelling.
  3. A device on an instrument, such as an organ or harpsichord, for regulating volume.
outpouring
The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.
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  1. The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.
  2. A release or display of strong feeling
  3. The act, action, or result of pouring out or producing:
Find another word for river. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for river, like: stream, flow, course, current, tributary, branch, estuary, rivulet, , creek and brook.

Sentence Examples

  • Everything west of the river was blank.

  • It was on these byways that Dean opted to travel, rolling along the river with the down of cottonwoods filling the air like a winter snowstorm, past the occasional farm house, fields, and ever-present vista of mountains wrapping around him.

  • He continued to trudge forward, leaving the river and crowds behind.

  • Everything west of the river is fine.

  • I have seen our river, when, the landscape being covered with snow, both water and ice were almost as green as grass.

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