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stream

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stream

1 to cause to flow in a stream
  • His eyes were streaming tears.
Synonyms of stream

pour
Words Related to stream

ladle, spoon

cascade, trickle

deluge, flood, inundate, overflow
2 to move in a stream
  • blood streaming out of a wound
Synonyms of stream

flow, pour, roll, run
Words Related to stream

arise, emanate, issue, spring

course, race, rush

fountain, gush, spout, spurt

deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overrun, swamp

cascade, dribble, drip, gutter, riffle, ripple, sheet, trickle

flush, wash out
Near Antonyms of stream

clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, harden, set
Antonyms of stream

back up
3 to move or proceed smoothly and readily
  • cars streaming along the freeway
Synonyms of stream

bowl, breeze, brush, coast, cruise, drift, flow, glide, roll, sail, skim, slide, slip, sweep, whisk
Words Related to stream

fly, race, rush, speed
Near Antonyms of stream

limp, lumber, plod, stumble, trudge

shamble, shuffle

stamp, stomp, stump, tramp

labor, toil
Antonyms of stream

flounder, struggle

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