river

Meaning of river

noun
  1. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
    the River Danube
    the Mekong River
    river pollution

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin riparius, from ripa ‘bank of a river’.

Information about river

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of river is: rivers.
  • Languages ​​in which river is used:

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Hyphenation of river

river

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • river is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

river synonyms

Meaning a brook, stream, or artificially constructed water channel:

watercourse

Meaning a river, canal, or other route for travel by water:

waterway

Meaning a small, narrow river:

stream

Meaning a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake:

tributary

Meaning a small stream:

brook, rill, streamlet

Meaning a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river:

inlet

Meaning a small stream of water or another liquid:

rivulet

Meaning a gutter:

runnel

Meaning the flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow:

freshet

Meaning an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation:

canal

Meaning a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas:

channel

Meaning an injury caused by exposure to heat or flame:

burn

Meaning a stream:

beck

Meaning a small stream, especially one that flows intermittently or seasonally:

bourn

Meaning a stream or minor tributary of a river:

creek

Meaning a branch of a river forming a backwater or stagnant pool, made by water flowing from the main stream during a flood:

billabong

Meaning a very small stream:

rillet

Translation of river

Words that rhyme with river

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