tributary

Meaning of tributary

noun
  1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
  2. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
adjective
  1. Related to the paying of tribute.
  2. Subordinate; inferior
  3. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
    The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

Information about tributary

  • The plural form of tributary is: tributaries.
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Hyphenation of tributary

trib-u-tary

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • tributary is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

tributary synonyms

Meaning conducive:

conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory

Meaning feeder:

feeder, confluent, affluent

Translation of tributary

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