River

/ˈɹɪvɚ/

Synonyms for "river" (184 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(24 words)

stream aare anabranch araguaia araguaya arauca argun arkansas arno arroyo athabasca bangui bayou beck bogan bogue bourn branch brook brooklet

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burn burnlet calder channel

adolescent streamarroyo beck bournbraided streambranch brook brooklet burn cascade cataract channel

Verb(1 words)

amur

Strong matches (55)

Noun(39 words)

chari coosa coulee creek crick danube delaware distributary drain draw ea eau euphrates fitzroy fork fresh freshet gambia garonne gill

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indus isuzu kali kankakee kasai kiang kill kissimmee kolymalake [⇒ thesaurus] "stream of running water"large letch lick loire mackenzie maritza mayenne mbini merrimack

creek crick deluge estuary flood flowflowing streamfluviation fresh freshet gill killlazy streammeandering stream

Adjective(1 words)

dutch waterways

Proper Noun(1 words)

jin

Related words (92)

midchannel midstream millstreammoving roadnavigable riverniagara pour quantity raceracing streamrill rivulet run rundle runlet runnel sike spatespill streamstream

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stream actionstreamletsubterranean rivertorrent tributary wadi watercourse waterflood waterway

Noun(63 words)

moselle murray murrumbidgee muskegon nahal nailbourne nashua neva niobraranorwegian vannveiohio orinoco outaouais outlet parana pecos petaluma prong pup ree

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rhine rill rindle rine rith rithe rito rivers rivulet roanoke run runlet runnel sacramento saone segre severn sheboygan sike sitch small streamlet tennessee tippecanoe tocantins tombigbee trent tributary tugela unsorted vitim wadi washwater bodywater in liquid statewaterbody watercourse watercourses wenatchee winterbourne xingu yenisei yukon

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More general

5 entries

geographic featurelandform streamwater featurewatercourse

More specific

2 entries

mainstem tributary

Collocations

5 entries

river bankriver bedriver deltariver mouthriver system

Inflections

1 entries

rivers

Derivations

3 entries

riverbank riverbed riverine

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Can you swim across the river?

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It is dangerous for you to swim in this river.

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The Sumida is not a good river for us to swim in any more.

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Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.

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