Synonyms of rivers

rivers

noun

plural of river

1

as in streams

a passageway for water

A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.

Related Words

• streams
• canals
• waterways
• rivulets
• watercourses
• aqueducts
• gutters
• channels
• raceways
• flumes
• courses
• conduits
• sluices
• spillways
• floodways
• sluiceways
• racecourses
• torrents
• millstreams
• millraces
• troughs
• tideways
• swashes

2

as in floods

an overwhelming flow or rush of something

Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe.

He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.

Related Words

• streams
• floods
• tides
• torrents
• influxes
• overflows
• currents
• inundations
• avalanches
• baths
• outflows
• cataracts
• flood tides
• deluges
• cloudbursts
• outpourings
• inflows
• spates
• waterfalls
• Niagaras
• fluxes
• flushes
• alluvions
• cataclysms
• gushes
• discharges
• cascades
• blizzards
• surpluses
• excesses
• gluts
• surfeits
• overages
• superfluities
• oversupplies
• overmuch
• overabundances
• superabundances
• overkills

Dissimilar Words

• drips
• droughts
• trickles
• dribbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rivers

Total rainfall of nearly 3 feet was expected on the higher windward slopes, turning rivers into raging torrents and threatening mudslides. — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Fossil collectors report finding the teeth in coastal rivers or along seafloor ledges that have been scoured by storms and currents. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026

Water that isn’t trapped in dams or pulled from wells or rivers eventually reaches the Pacific Ocean. — Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2026

That could look like flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and low-lying areas or areas with poor drainage. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2026

But Kyne cautions against complacency, as bycatch in fisheries, expanding agricultural development and proposals to extract freshwater from northern rivers continue to threaten the nursery habitats young sawfish depend on. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Severe droughts have also sucked the water from Europe’s major rivers, particularly the Seine, the Rhine and the Danube, threatening the continent’s energy supply. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

The annual monsoon season frequently triggers flooding in Assam, where swollen rivers inundate large areas and displace thousands of residents each year. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

That could prolong heavy rain and raise the risk of flooding and landslides, especially in mountainous areas and along smaller rivers. — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026