Tributary Synonyms and Antonyms

trĭbyə-tĕrē
A branch that flows into the main stream
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. feeder
  2. river
  3. affluent
  4. stream
  5. branch
  6. anabranch
  7. sidestream
  8. offshoot
  9. confluent
Antonyms:
  1. distributary

Words Related to Tributary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. headwaters
  2. rivulet
  3. brahmaputra
  4. headwater
  5. nadder
  6. mellte
  7. canalise

Tributary Sentence Examples

  • The duchy of Benevento remained tributary, but independent.

  • The Deerfield, West, Williams, White, Passumpsic and Nulhegan rivers are the largest of the many streams which are tributary to the Connecticut.

  • The Congo and its tributary streams are separately noticed.

  • The tributary streams entered through marshy channels.

  • Even the emperor had to be content to be treated by the sultan as an inferior and tributary prince; while France had to suffer, with no more than an idle protest, the insult of the conversion of Catholic churches at Constantinople into mosques.

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