Synonyms of brook

brook 1 of 2

noun

as in creek

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creek
• stream
• rivulet
• rill
• tributary
• brooklet
• streamlet
• canal
• beck
• bayou
• runnel
• gill
• burn
• bourn
• bourne
• runoff
• arroyo
• freshet
• run
• fresh
• slough
• watercourse
• wash
• coulee
• waterway
• runlet
• channel
• slew
• billabong
• millstream
• race
• cutoff
• millrace
• branch
• slue
• distributary
• kill
• affluent
• influent
• confluent
• cut
• gut

brook

2 of 2

verb

as in to tolerate

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerate
• stand
• endure
• accept
• take
• handle
• bear
• sustain
• stomach
• countenance
• swallow
• abide
• lump (it)
• absorb
• live with
• meet
• stand for
• hack
• sweat out
• stick out
• wear
• support
• go
• bide
• tough it out
• pocket
• suffer
• permit
• reconcile (to)
• allow
• acquiesce
• submit (to)
• consent (to)
• yield (to)
• agree (with or to)
• assent (to)
• respect
• capitulate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• reject
• dismiss
• decline
• repudiate
• fight
• resist
• oppose
• turn down
• escape
• contest
• avoid
• combat
• miss
• spurn
• evade
• bypass
• circumvent
• refrain (from)
• elude
• dodge
• forbear
• abstain (from)