Synonyms for stream
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- n. 2
Current, the force of moving water.
to swim against the stream
- v. 1
To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- v. 2
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
A flag streams in the wind.
Related words
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These words are often properly interchangeable; but stream is the broader word, denoting a prevailing onward course. The stream of the Mississippi rolls steadily on to the Gulf of Mexico, but there are reflex currents in it which run for a while in a contrary direction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- river The river that flows through London is the Thames.
- float It's possible for a ball of lead to float on water.
- drift The ice may drift considerable distances each day.
- torrent For a man, passion is a torrent; for a woman, an abyss.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1
- 4 letters
- born1, race1, flow1, rush1, pour1, tide1, beck1, pelt1, gush1, teem1, rill1
- 5 letters
- issue2, river2, creek1, float1, drift1, brook1, swarm1
- 6 letters
- course1, series2, abound2, runnel
- 7 letters
- current2, torrent2, rivulet
- 9 letters
- pullulate
- 11 letters
- watercourse
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).