Synonyms of rivulet

rivulet

noun

ˈri-vyə-lət 

as in brook

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brook
• creek
• stream
• tributary
• rill
• streamlet
• canal
• brooklet
• runnel
• bayou
• beck
• burn
• gill
• bourn
• runoff
• fresh
• run
• freshet
• arroyo
• wash
• watercourse
• runlet
• slough
• channel
• coulee
• waterway
• billabong
• race
• cutoff
• distributary
• branch
• millrace
• millstream
• affluent
• confluent
• influent
• kill
• cut
• gut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rivulet

In this piercing account of the American Dream in tatters, the magnitude of that dimension feels appropriate, echoing the currents of betrayal, fear and death that course through the film like rivulets of blood. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

But rivulets of sunblock still ran down everyone’s necks. — Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026

Even after the leaks were plugged with cement, rivulets of oil persisted for months, and the oil spill’s ecological and cultural impacts lasted even longer. — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Along the side of the road, a small rivulet of water flows down the road. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026