STREAM Synonyms
There are 23 hypernyms of the word stream. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for STREAM
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flow | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) • the amount of fluid that flows in a given time • the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression • any uninterrupted stream or discharge • something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas • the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause verb • move or progress freely as if in a stream • move along, of liquids • cause to flow • be abundantly present • fall or flow in a certain way • cover or swamp with water • undergo menstruation | ||||||||
current | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • occurring in or belonging to the present time noun • a flow of electricity through a conductor • a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) • dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas | ||||||||
beck | verbv | |||||||
noun • a beckoning gesture | ||||||||
brook | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) verb • put up with something or somebody unpleasant | ||||||||
burn | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) • damage inflicted by fire verb • destroy by fire • shine intensely, as if with heat • undergo combustion • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • cause to burn or combust • feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion • cause to undergo combustion • execute by tying to a stake and setting alight • spend (significant amounts of money) • feel hot or painful • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent • get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun • create by duplicating data • use up (energy) • damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation | ||||||||
watercourse | nounn | |||||||
noun • natural or artificial channel through which water flows • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||||
channel | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a path over which electrical signals can pass • a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through • a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) • a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels • (often plural) a means of communication or access • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a television station and its programs • a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors verb • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • direct the flow of • send from one person or place to another | ||||||||
creek | nounn | |||||||
noun • a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) • any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma | ||||||||
rill | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small stream • a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion) | ||||||||
river | nounn | |||||||
noun • a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek) | ||||||||
rivulet | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small stream | ||||||||
runnel | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small stream | ||||||||
waterway | nounn | |||||||
noun • a navigable body of water • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||||
pour | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause to run • move in large numbers • pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment • flow in a spurt • supply in large amounts or quantities • rain heavily | ||||||||
pelt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the dressed hairy coat of a mammal • body covering of a living animal verb • cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile • attack and bombard with or as if with missiles • rain heavily | ||||||||
pullulate | verbv | |||||||
verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers • produce buds, branches, or germinate • become abundant; increase rapidly • breed freely and abundantly | ||||||||
swarm | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a moving crowd • a group of many things in the air or on the ground verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers | ||||||||
teem | verbv | |||||||
verb • be teeming, be abuzz • move in large numbers | ||||||||
rain buckets | nounn | |||||||
verb • rain heavily | ||||||||
rain cats and dogs | ||||||||
verb • rain heavily | ||||||||