Need another word that means the same as “river”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “river” in this overview.
The synonyms of “River” are: watercourse, waterway, stream, tributary, brook, inlet, rivulet, rill, runnel, streamlet, freshet, torrent, flood, deluge, cascade
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “river” as a noun can have the following definitions:
brook | A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river. The Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks. |
cascade | A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower. The waterfall raced down in a series of cascades. |
deluge | An overwhelming number or amount. This may be the worst deluge in living memory. |
flood | The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race Gen 6 ff. Floods of tourists come each year to marvel at the sights. |
freshet | The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow. |
inlet | An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container. An air inlet. |
rill | A small stream. |
rivulet | A brownish European moth with white markings, occurring in rough grassland. Sweat ran in rivulets down his back. |
runnel | A brook or rill. Muddy lanes with runnels for effluent. |
stream | Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. Frank blew out a stream of smoke. |
streamlet | A small stream. |
torrent | A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid. After the rains the stream becomes a raging torrent. |
tributary | A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake. The Illinois River a tributary of the Mississippi. |
watercourse | The bed along which a watercourse flows. A dry watercourse. |
waterway | A navigable body of water. The canal was a very successful commercial waterway. |
brook | A small stream. The Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks. |
canoe | Travel in or paddle a canoe. He had once canoed down the Nile. |
capsize | (of a boat) be overturned in the water. Don t rock the boat or it will capsize. |
carp | A deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are often kept in large ponds. |
coastal | Located on or near or bordering on a coast. Coastal marshes. |
creek | A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river. A sandy beach in a sheltered creek. |
eel | The fatty flesh of eel an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America large eels are usually smoked or pickled. |
estuary | The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix. |
fishery | A fishing ground or area where fish are caught. |
fishing | The act of someone who fishes as a diversion. The area is renowned for its excellent deep sea fishing. |
float | A floating device on the surface of a liquid which forms part of a valve apparatus controlling flow in and out of the enclosing container e g in a water cistern or a carburettor. He floated the kick into the net. |
ford | A shallow area in a stream that can be forded. |
herring | A fairly small silvery fish which is most abundant in coastal waters and is of widespread commercial importance. |
lamprey | Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue. |
mackerel | A predatory marine fish with a greenish-blue back, important as a food fish. |
minnow | Used in names of small freshwater fishes similar to the minnow e g mudminnow topminnow. The paper is a minnow in the national newspaper mass market. |
pickerel | A young pike. |
pike | Used in names of predatory fish with large teeth other than the true pike e g garpike. |
raft | Make into a raft. Great rafts of cormorants often 5 000 strong. |
roach | A cockroach. |
salmon | The flesh of the salmon as food. Cotton checked throw in cream and salmon pink. |
sea | A roughly definable area of the sea. There was still some sea running. |
stingray | A bottom-dwelling marine ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body and a long poisonous serrated spine at the base of the tail. |
stream | The act of flowing or streaming continuous progression. She was streaming with sweat. |
terrapin | A small edible turtle with lozenge-shaped markings on its shell, found in coastal marshes of the eastern US. |
thames | The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea. |
tributary | Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for. The Illinois River a tributary of the Mississippi. |
trout | Flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes. |
tuna | The flesh of the tuna as food. |
valley | A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. The valley floor. |
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