Synonyms of pipeline

pipeline

noun

ˈpīp-ˌlīn 

as in route

a direct way of passing along information or supplies

an equipment hauler serves as the columnist's pipeline for gossip about the rock band

the battle was ultimately lost because the enemy had destroyed our pipeline for resupply

Synonyms & Similar Words

• route
• conduit
• source
• outlet
• channel
• avenue
• supplier
• origin
• grapevine
• connection
• contact
• wellspring
• fountainhead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pipeline

The board sees marketing's fingerprints on every real gain in pipeline velocity, and the CEO starts treating marketing as a lever for business transformation rather than a support function. — Vlada Grebenykova, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Or a player from the youth flag football pipeline who's perhaps from a team backed by the NFL. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

The war in the Middle East, which supplies a vast amount of Africa’s fuels, exposed the continent’s reliance on energy imports, accelerating efforts to build new refineries and pipelines. — semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026

And both Yanbu, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates’ own bypass pipeline from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah were targeted by missiles and drones in the first phase of the Iran war. — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026