Synonyms of rivers

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rivers

noun

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plural of river

1

as in streams

a passageway for water

A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• streams
• canals
• waterways
• rivulets
• watercourses
• aqueducts
• gutters
• flumes
• channels
• raceways
• conduits
• sluices
• spillways
• courses
• floodways
• sluiceways
• torrents
• racecourses
• 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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• droughts
• drips
• trickles
• dribbles
• drouths

• droughts
• drips
• trickles
• dribbles
• drouths