STREAMING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STREAMING?

Need another word that means the same as “streaming”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “streaming” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Streaming” are: flowing, gushing, rushing, moving, cyclosis

Streaming as a Noun

Definitions of "Streaming" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “streaming” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell.
• Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas.
• A method of transmitting or receiving data (especially video and audio material) over a computer network as a steady, continuous flow, allowing playback to start while the rest of the data is still being received.
• The practice of putting schoolchildren in groups of the same age and ability to be taught together.
• The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression.
• A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
• Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously.
• A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes.

Synonyms of "Streaming" as a noun (1 Word)

cyclosis

The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell.

Usage Examples of "Streaming" as a noun

• Streaming within secondary schools is common practice.

Streaming as an Adjective

Definitions of "Streaming" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “streaming” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Relating to or making use of a form of tape transport, used mainly to provide backup storage, in which data may be transferred in bulk while the tape is in motion.
• (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data.
• Relating to or using data transmitted in a continuous stream while earlier parts are being used.
• (of a cold) accompanied by copious running of the nose and eyes.

Synonyms of "Streaming" as an adjective (4 Words)

flowing	Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow. A long flowing gown of lavender silk.
gushing	Flowing profusely. A gushing hydrant.
moving	In motion. A fast moving river.
rushing	(of a play, player, etc.) characterized by gaining yardage or scoring a touchdown or conversion due to a player running from scrimmage with the ball. He is becoming the best rushing quarterback in NFL history.

Usage Examples of "Streaming" as an adjective

• A streaming platform.
• Streaming video recording.
• She's got a streaming cold.
• A streaming service.
• A streaming tape drive.
• Streaming audio.

Associations of "Streaming" (30 Words)

beck	A beckoning gesture.
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.
canyon	A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America. The Grand Canyon.
cascade	Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. Blonde hair cascaded down her back.
confluence	A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers. Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
creek	Any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma. A sandy beach in a sheltered creek.
downstream	In or towards the part of a sequence of genetic material where transcription takes place later than at a given point. The car had floated some way downstream.
erosion	Erosion by chemical action. The problem of soil erosion.
estuary	The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
fluvial	Of or found in a river. Fluvial deposits.
foothill	A low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range. The camp lies in the foothills of the Andes.
ford	A shallow area in a stream that can be forded.
glen	A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains.
gorge	The crop of a hawk. They gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas.
inlet	An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands. An air inlet.
lake	A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal. The EU wine lake.
lamprey	Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.
mound	A rounded mass projecting above a surface. Mound earth.
ravine	A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides.
river	A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea a lake or another river. The river was navigable for 50 miles.
riverbank	The bank of a river.
rivulet	A small stream of water or another liquid. Sweat ran in rivulets down his back.
sedimentary	(of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
steep	A steep mountain slope. Hair raising steeps.
thames	The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea.
tributary	Flowing into a larger stream. The Illinois River a tributary of the Mississippi.
trout	Any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons.
vale	A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river. The Vale of Glamorgan.
valley	An internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall. The valley floor.
waterfall	Relating to or denoting a method of project management that is characterized by sequential stages and a fixed plan of work. Each phase of a waterfall project must be complete prior to moving to the next phase.