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

Yet billions of particles and strands are small enough to pass through the treatment process and flow unimpeded into lakes and rivers. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Although the Sacramento Valley grapples with its own groundwater challenges, growers in the Yuba-Sutter area tend to have greater access to water due to nearby rivers fed annually by rain and snowmelt. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

According to the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington, blue spaces are natural or man-made outdoor settings that feature water in the form of rivers, lakes, oceans, ponds, canals or urban fountains. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The river is one of the few perennial rivers in Southern California. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Stay away from water, including swimming pools, oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

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