INFLUENT Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

influent

noun

as in tributary

a stream that flows into a larger body of water along with its influents, the Missouri and Ohio rivers, the Mississippi River drains all or part of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces

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Recent Examples of influent So far, the city has completed several major components of the Springbrook improvement project, including adding in an ultraviolet disinfection system that replaced the facility’s old chlorine disinfection system and adding new pumps at the influent pump station. —

Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 The project, which was listed as the third highest priority in the Facilities Plan, included installing new screenings and grit removal facilities, demolishing an existing influent pump station and installing a new pump station, and making other improvements, according to a staff report. —

Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 The influent flow is slowed to allow human and food organic waste to settle on the bottom of the tank. —

The Seattle Times, 29 Apr. 2017

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tributary

Noun

Vast stretches of suburban concrete block its natural drainage, and thousands of homes have been built along its winding, sluggish tributaries.

— Dominic Boyer, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
Khartoum, a metropolis of 7 million, sits at the confluence of tributaries, a sort of Pittsburgh-on-the-Nile.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026