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Synonyms for arroyo

  • noun

Most common

river wash dry wash wadi

All synonyms

Noun

1. Wadi — A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain)

wadi, river, dry wash, wash, draw, nahal, donga

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).

    Near-synonyms: wadi, nahal, wash, dry wash (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)

Forms

Plural
arroyos → wadis, rivers, washes, draws…

Example sentences

  • river The river that flows through London is the Thames.
  • wash About how many times a month do you wash your car?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
arroyosteady
riversteady
washrising
wadisteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
draw1, wash1, wadi2
5 letters
river2, nahal, donga

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wadi2 = 2 syllables).