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Synonyms for rivulet

Most common

brook rill stream creek

All synonyms

Noun

Other

born, bourne

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.

    A rivulet of tears ran down his face.

Related words

Word family
rival

Forms

Plural
rivulets → brooks, rills, streams, rivers…

Example sentences

  • river The river that flows through London is the Thames.
  • stream It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
  • brook A little brook trickles at the end of the garden.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rivuletsteady
riversteady
streamsteady
brooksteady
rillfalling

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

By length

3 letters
run1
4 letters
born1, beck1, rill1, rith
5 letters
river2, creek1, brook1
6 letters
stream1, bourne1, runnel, runlet
9 letters
streamlet

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (river2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
ruisselet
Italiano
rigagnolo
Español
riachuelo