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  • nounsmall river
  • verbflow from

synonyms for streams

  • current
  • flood
  • flow
  • rush
  • spate
  • surge
  • tide
  • torrent
  • tributary
  • beck
  • branch
  • brook
  • burn
  • course
  • creek
  • drift
  • freshet
  • race
  • rill
  • rivulet
  • run
  • runnel
  • spritz
  • watercourse
  • rindle
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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to streams, such as: tide, rush, flow, spate, surge, and current.

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How to use streams in a sentence

The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTIN
And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
The train had long passed Hornberg, and far below the streams tumbled in white foam down the limestone rocks.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOOD
There 171 are a great many streams at Port Royal, and among them three or four where the fish swarm in the spawning season.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUS
The amount of waterpower is above average in Virginia due to many swift streams and rivers and the high elevation.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Wood may be procured with facility, and water also, unless the streams fail in the dry season.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KING
There are many secondary influences of a less important nature which are due to the ocean streams.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
Moreover, the raindrops perceptibly urge the small detached bits of stone down the slopes toward the streams.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
We found several instances where no attempt had been made to bridge the streams, which were still forded as in primitive times.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHY
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