STREAM Synonyms: 187 Similar and Opposite Words

stream 1 of 2

noun

Definition of stream

as in river

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as in flow

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as in beam

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stream

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verb

as in to pour

to cause to flow in a stream his eyes were streaming tears

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as in to flow

to move in a stream blood streaming out of a wound

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as in to drift

to move or proceed smoothly and readily cars streaming along the freeway

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Noun

Soon there was a constant stream of people coming in and out. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2026 How To Stand Out Too often, a customer shares relevant, personal details, only to be dropped into the same generic marketing stream as everyone else. — Stephanie Copeland Weber, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

For Paramount+ Essential subscribers, the episode will be available to stream the next day. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Hoping to make his way back to his brother, Håkan disembarks in California and immediately heads East, against the flow of all the homesteaders and forty-niners streaming West. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stream

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stream

Noun

With the Valley of the Kings, Karnak Temple, and temples on the Nile, Luxor and Aswan have been welcoming many tourists who consider the river cruise to be a vital component of their trip rather than an add-on option.

— Connie Etemadi, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Lower water levels in lakes and rivers are significantly curbing essential hydroelectric generation at sites such as the Hoover Dam in the western United States.

— Johannes Teyssen, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of river

Noun

In San Clemente, a town of 62,000 people, urban development has slowed the flow of sediment that once nourished the city's beaches, and warmer ocean waters have pushed waves higher and further ashore.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The researchers say future work will need to improve the electrolyte, flow-cell design, and stability of the palladium membrane.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of flow

Noun

Shrinking and reshaping the light The researchers used an ultrafast laser and engineered its beam so that its energy was concentrated into an extremely small region.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
These timber floor structures negate the need for downstand beams (which project below the underside of the floor slab and support it).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of beam

Verb

That’s important because GOP super PACs that are pouring money into the Senate battlegrounds receive worse ad rates.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Republicans are pouring unprecedented sums into reliably red states such as Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska as Democratic enthusiasm threatens their narrow congressional majorities.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pour

Noun

This allows massive electrical currents to flow through small coils without wasting energy as heat.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
The Navier-Stokes equations mathematically describe how fluids, ranging from a rush of wind to the churn of ocean currents, move and behave.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of current

Noun

This prominent impact crater in the southern lunar highlands, named after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, appears as a bright spot with rays of material stretching across much of the moon's lower limb.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Alarming object spotted by officer on TSA X-ray before bizarre twist unfolds.

— , FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of ray

Noun

Father and son were swept away by a landslide in the city of Arequipa in a neighborhood built directly over an ancient natural watercourse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
At the same time, there are riparian natives — those that grow along watercourses — which may need regular attention in terms of water needs for many years after planting.

— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025

Definition of watercourse

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