bayou

bayou

noun

Definition of BAYOU

a stream that flows into a larger body of water <a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream>

Synonyms affluent, bayou, branch, confluent, feeder, influent

Related Words backwater; brook, brooklet, creek, rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], streamlet; fountainhead, head, headstream, headwater, source

Antonyms distributary, effluent