EN

Synonyms for brook

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

take sitting down stout

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Tolerate — to bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate

tolerate, bear, stand, stomach, endure, suffer, abide, swallow, put up with, bear with, take, live with, take sitting down, permit, stick out, allow, pocket, put up, bide, stout, accept, support

2. Apply — to enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold

use, apply, employ, utilize, utilise UK

Noun

1. Creek — A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream

creek, rivulet, stream, river, rill, beck, born, run, jill, runnel, streamlet, runlet, cooley

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

    I will brook no impertinence.

  2. v. 2

    To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.

  3. n. 1

    A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

Related words

Word family
broker brooklet brooklike brookweed
Phrases
brook alder brook trout brook mint

Forms

Plural
brooks → creeks, rivulets, streams, rivers…
Past participle
brooked
e.g. brooked → tolerated, beared, stomached, endured…

Choose the right word

Brook or Put Up With?

To brook is quietly to put up with provocation or insult.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • stout He looked small beside my father's stout body.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
brooksteady
stoutsteady

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

By length

3 letters
use1, run1
4 letters
take1, born1, bear1, jill1, beck1, bide1, rill1
5 letters
stand1, allow2, river2, apply2, creek1, abide2, stout1
6 letters
accept2, stream1, suffer2, pocket2, permit2, employ2, endure2, cooley2, runnel, runlet
7 letters
support2, stomach2, swallow2, utilize3, utilise, rivulet
8 letters
tolerate3
9 letters
streamlet

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allow2 = 2 syllables).