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

My dog Biscuit and I do the 10-kilometer loop most Sundays, crossing little rivers every kilometer. — Sharon MacHira, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

An audit would analyze water quality monitoring data from rivers and lakes to check those estimates. — Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026

This bumper trip with Viking visits three countries, two rivers and a host of Christmas markets across 11 days. — Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Floodwaters were beginning to recede Tuesday, but rivers remained above flood stage and rescue teams stayed busy as residents returned to face a cleanup expected to take weeks. — Brittany Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Around 20,000 people in northwestern New Mexico’s San Juan County received alerts to evacuate areas within a half mile of the Animas, La Plata and San Juan rivers, county spokesperson Devin Neeley told CNN Monday. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Between 15 and 20 inches of rain have fallen in parts of Florida, turning roads into rivers, submerging cars and coming close to the state's single-day rainfall record. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

The area derives its name from the fact that the Little Econlockhatchee and larger Econlockhatchee rivers meet just south of the forest. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

The other five, Cooley explained, are because of changes in the local ecosystem, including the felling of forests and the drying up of rivers like the Santa Cruz. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026