Synonyms of flows

flows 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of flow

1

as in streams

to move in a stream

water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• streams
• pours
• runs
• rolls
• rushes
• drips
• floods
• emanates
• springs
• ripples
• arises
• gushes
• races
• trickles
• issues
• overflows
• courses
• flushes
• spurts
• cascades
• inundates
• spouts
• sheets
• effuses
• engulfs
• dribbles
• swamps
• overruns
• fountains
• disembogues
• deluges
• riffles
• washes out
• gutters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backs up
• coagulates
• sets
• hardens
• gels
• congeals
• clots

2

as in glides

to move or proceed smoothly and readily

as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glides
• drifts
• streams
• cruises
• sails
• sweeps
• slips
• slides
• speeds
• flies
• races
• rolls
• brushes
• bowls
• rushes
• breezes
• coasts
• skims
• whisks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• struggles
• flounders
• stumbles
• limps
• shuffles
• trudges
• plods
• lumbers
• stamps
• stomps
• labors
• toils
• stumps
• tramps
• shambles

flows

2 of 2

noun

plural of flow

as in floods

Related Words

• floods
• torrents
• overflows
• inflows
• inundations
• influxes
• incomes
• fluxes
• deluges
• spates
• affluences
• inpourings
• tides
• rivers
• inrushes
• rushes
• streams
• stampedes

Dissimilar Words

• outflows
• outpourings
• flights
• emigrations
• exoduses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flows

Verb

Nasser said current trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz are at a tenth of pre-conflict levels, adding that the world will continue to lose more than 100 million barrels of crude for each week the passage is closed. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

What changes when information flows in, validation flows out and nothing meaningfully challenges the assumptions that entered the system in the first place? — Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

As the ice melts between their open palms, time flows backwards, revealing two strangers bound by a silent recognition and a love that longs for neither shape nor certainty, but only the grace of existing. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

The difference is that this money now flows through commercial transactions rather than through sovereign loans from Beijing. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026

The options flows around Palantir also mirror Microsoft going into its report, where traders were scooping up calls and betting on a bigger-than-usual swing. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

The canal that flows between Fort Lauderdale resident Harry Rozelle’s house and his church is so infested with bacteria that his teenage son, Cruz, was hospitalized after swimming in it three years ago. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

The liquid flows into the textile and hardens, forming a secure connection. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Instead of a traditional lobby, guests enter a salon-style space that flows seamlessly into Benedict, the hotel’s breakfast restaurant. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026

Noun

About 20% of the world's oil flows throw the strait, and Iran's ability to block the flow of tankers has roiled the global economy, sending oil prices soaring. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026