adj, adv, name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Closer to the mouth of a river

   "My house is downriver to his."

Adverb

1. 1
   Travelling in the direction of the river current.

   "It is easier to paddle downriver."

Adverb

1. 1
   away from the source or with the current wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan south of Detroit, along the western shore of the Detroit River covering 18 municipalities, Allen Park, Brownstown Charter Township, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Charter Township, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Trenton, Woodhaven and, Wyandotte.

Synonyms

All synonyms

downstreamdownstreamdownstream

Antonyms

All antonyms

upriver

Example

More examples

"I got soaked boating downriver."

Etymology

From down- + river.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.