brook

Synonyms

brooklet, creek, rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], streamlet;

Related Words

arroyo, fresh, freshet, runoff;

bayou, coulee, slough (also slew), stream, wash;

canal, channel, cut, cutoff, gut, kill, millrace, millstream, race, watercourse, waterway;

affluent, branch, confluent, distributary, influent, tributary;

Synonyms

abide, absorb, accept, bear, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate;

Near Antonyms

decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down;

combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist;

avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss;

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from);

Related Words

allow, permit, suffer, swallow;

reconcile (to);

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to);

Phrases

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it);