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WATERWAY Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word waterway. (exact relations)
There are 3 hypernyms of the word waterway. (close relations)
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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

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

canal
nounn
noun

• (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

• long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

verb

• provide (a city) with a canal

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

estuary
nounn
noun

• the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

fjord
nounn
noun

• a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

inlet
nounn
noun

• an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

• an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

lagoon
nounn
noun

• a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

lake
nounn
noun

• a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

• a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal

• any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

loch
nounn
noun

• a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

• Scottish word for a lake

pond
nounn
noun

• a small lake

reservoir
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a large or extra supply of something

• lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water

• tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)

• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

river
nounn
noun

• a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

sound
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• financially secure and safe

• in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

noun

• the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

• the subjective sensation of hearing something

• mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

• the sudden occurrence of an audible event

• the audible part of a transmitted signal

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a large ocean inlet or deep bay

adjective satellite

• exercising or showing good judgment

• in excellent physical condition

• logically valid

• having legal efficacy or force

• vigorous or severe

• free from moral defect

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• complete; thorough

verb

• appear in a certain way

• make a certain noise or sound

• give off a certain sound or sounds

• announce by means of a sound

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• cause to sound

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

strait
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

adjective satellite

• narrow

stream
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

• a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

verb

• to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

• exude profusely

• move in large numbers

• rain heavily

• flow freely and abundantly

Best Hypernyms For WATERWAY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for waterway, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
water way
Phrases (1)
body of water

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