as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of bayou
From playwright Kristen Adele Calhoun, Black Cypress Bayou is set on a hot summer night in Texas, where Vernita Manifold (Kimberly Scott) summons her two daughters down to the bayou with a secret too big to keep.
—
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
The office warned that areas along and west of the Pearl River should prepare for damaging winds while some bayou and lower river parishes should prepare for hurricane-force winds.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
The pursuit ended when the driver went off road into a bayou and was arrested, police told the station.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2025
In September, the Mail published photos of their low-key wedding in the Louisiana bayou.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bayou
Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
The office warned that areas along and west of the Pearl River should prepare for damaging winds while some bayou and lower river parishes should prepare for hurricane-force winds.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
The pursuit ended when the driver went off road into a bayou and was arrested, police told the station.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2025
In September, the Mail published photos of their low-key wedding in the Louisiana bayou.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for bayou
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayou
tributary
Noun
-
Unlike flooding, other techniques (for example drip irrigation) do not cause water to overflow the field and runoff into a tributary, where the nutrient pollution enters the wider aqueous ecosystem.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
-
White water rafting, kayaking and canoeing: The Trinity River, a 203-mile tributary of the Klamath River, starts in the Trinity Alps and features calm waters and multiple classes of white water.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bayou.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayou. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share