BROOK Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈbru̇k

Definition of brook

as in creek

a natural body of running water smaller than a river there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook

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verb

as in to tolerate

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I will not brook insults from my own employees

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Recent Examples of brook

Noun

Meanwhile, the charming house with a small brook off to the side, stands waiting to be occupied with some, but not a lot, of work required. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026 Each treatment villa creates a moment—opening up onto a bespoke, private slice of babbling brook and lush jungle, the sounds of which perfectly underscore any massage. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026

Verb

The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and peremptory spirit of excise laws. — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows promised swift action and vowed to brook no more stalling tactics from Democrats. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brook

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Noun

In the spring, when the snow is melting and the springs that are high up in the rock cliffs some miles away are carrying it down full speed, the ditches overflow as does the little creek that runs near my cabin.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Though Sarnia’s industrial corridor is downstream from Lake Huron, several drainage ditches in the area are connected to creeks that flow into the lake, Corcoran said in an interview.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of creek

Verb

That means tolerating the discomfort of not getting an immediate response, and directing all that nervous energy somewhere else.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
The company says one potential application is a temperature logger used during the sterilization of retort food, where equipment needs to tolerate high temperatures while limiting moisture ingress.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of tolerate

Verb

Cedars-Sinai apologized for any inconvenience Marina del Rey residents endured after the hospital's construction project caused a putrid odor to spread through the coastal neighborhood.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Iran still strikes at tankers, and expects some form of control over the strait to endure even after a diplomatic settlement.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of endure

Verb

Fewer suicide attempts will also mean fewer lengthy bridge closures, which affect national security and require drivers to take a 23-mile detour through Imperial Beach and up the Silver Strand to get from San Diego to Coronado.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
Getting a women’s soccer team off the ground takes its challenges, which Keeley Jones (Juno Temple) and Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) have begun to realize four episodes into the fourth season of Ted Lasso.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of take

Verb

Records show Denver's own city attorneys handled the Calderon case from its filing in August 2024 until April 2026, when the City Attorney opted to hire Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
With Watts purportedly stressed about finances in the wake of the Late Late Show’s end, McCollough volunteered to subsidize his costs by running his social media accounts and handling odd jobs like manning his merch stand.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of handle

Verb

Two beloved entertainment icons, born just three months apart in 1946, died at the same age on the same day.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
The actor was born Timothy James Curry in Grappenhall, England, to a Royal Navy chaplain and a school secretary on April 19, 1946.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

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