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brook

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brook

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

  • there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook
Synonyms of brook

beck [British], bourn (or bourne), brooklet, burn [British], creek, gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, runnel, streamlet
Words Related to brook

arroyo, billabong [Australian], 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

brook

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of brook

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

  • I will not brook insults from my own employees
Synonyms of brook

abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]
Words Related to brook

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

reconcile (to)

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)
Phrases Synonymous with brook

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)
Near Antonyms of brook

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)

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