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

The main road home is closed, so players must detour through a wild valley full of hills, rivers and angry wildlife, while the janky physics turn every bump into potential disaster as the RV sways, tips and flips with ease. — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

Lakes, rivers and the ocean pose additional hazards, including currents, changing depths and underwater obstacles, so families should take extra precautions when swimming there. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

By summer 1951, unusually heavy rainfall had overwhelmed existing and newly built flood-control structures along the Kansas, Marais des Cygnes, and Neosho rivers and their tributaries. — Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Still, stories of people surprised to find their homes inundated by rising rivers illustrate the challenges of trying to bolster early warning systems in a vast, rural area known as Flash Flood Alley. — ABC News, 18 July 2026

This includes the following creeks, washes and rivers, Colorado River, Specter Chasm, Kanab Creek, Jumpup Canyon, Fossil Canyon, 140- Mile Canyon, Fishtail Canyon, Matkatamiba Canyon and Olo Canyon. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2026

Several Texas counties remain under flood warnings and watches and flash flood warnings, including the Hill Country, where raging floodwaters turned roads into rivers and prompted hundreds of rescues. — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Much of the damage from the storms came in the form of flash flooding, as Texas rivers —including the Guadalupe, Nueces and Frio — surged to near or over record levels. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Crossing into Northern California, the train then descends from the mountains into forests, with rivers running alongside the tracks. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026