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STREAM Synonyms

There are 21 synonyms of the word stream. (exact relations)
There are 23 hypernyms of the word stream. (close relations)

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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

Best Hypernyms For STREAM

Here is a list of related hypernyms for stream, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (18)
course flow motion crowd drift exudate exude feed float flowing line move movement ooze rain run transude water
Phrases (5)
be adriftbody of watercrowd togetherooze outrain down

Alternatives for FLOW

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