Synonyms for flow
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Stream
stream, run, course, gush, glide, pour, rush, feed, slide, slip, progress, roll, roll on, fly, proceed, career
2. Rise — to rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb
rise, follow, come, spring, come up, come in, originate, emanate, set, arise, issue
Other
flux, circulate, sweep along, spout, spew, flit, lapse, abound, menstruate
Noun
2. Flood
flood, overflow, abundance, deluge, copiousness rare
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
- v. 2
To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Tears flow from the eyes.
- n. 1
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- n. 2
The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
Related words
- Word family
- flowage flower flowthrough flowy
- Phrases
- flow out flow chart flow diagram flow sheet pyroclastic flow cold flow data flow ebb and flow
- Is a kind of
- motion
Example sentences
- feed Mothers starved themselves to feed their children.
- stream It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
- pour Pour us a coffee and bring us the stuffed waffles!
- gush Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993.
- flux Economic conditions are in a state of flux.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, run1, fly1
- 4 letters
- well1, come1, fall1, roll1, rise1, feed1, hang1, rush1, slip1, pour1, tide1, flux1, spew1, gush1
- 5 letters
- issue2, empty2, slide1, flood1, arise2, lapse1, glide1, spout1
- 6 letters
- course1, period3, career2, follow2, spring1, stream1, abound2, deluge2, menses
- 7 letters
- current2, proceed2, outflow2, emanate3
- 8 letters
- progress2, overflow3
- 9 letters
- abundance3, originate4, circulate3, catamenia, menstruum
- 10 letters
- continuity5, menstruate3
- 11 letters
- copiousness
- 12 letters
- menstruation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- couler
- Italiano
- scorrere
- Català
- escolar-se