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Synonyms for (noun) stream

Synonyms: flow, stream Definition: the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

Hypernyms: motion, move, movement Definition: the act of changing location from one place to another Usage: police controlled the motion of the crowd; the movement of people from the farms to the cities; his move put him directly in my path

Synonyms: current, stream Definition: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) Usage: the raft floated downstream on the current; he felt a stream of air; the hose ejected a stream of water

Hypernyms: flow, flowing Definition: the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

Synonyms: stream, current, flow Definition: dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas Usage: two streams of development run through American history; stream of consciousness; the flow of thought; the current of history

Hypernyms: course, line Definition: a connected series of events or actions or developments Usage: the government took a firm course; historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available

Synonyms: stream, watercourse Definition: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

Hypernyms: body of water, water Definition: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) Usage: they invaded our territorial waters; they were sitting by the water's edge

Synonyms: stream, flow Definition: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously Usage: a stream of people emptied from the terminal; the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors

Hypernyms: motion Definition: a state of change Usage: they were in a state of steady motion

Synonyms for (verb) stream

Synonyms: stream Definition: exude profusely Usage: She was streaming with sweat; His nose streamed blood

Hypernyms: transude, ooze, ooze out, exudate, exude Definition: release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities Usage: exude sweat through the pores

Synonyms: swarm, teem, stream, pullulate, pour Definition: move in large numbers Usage: people were pouring out of the theater; beggars pullulated in the plaza

Hypernyms: crowd, crowd together Definition: to gather together in large numbers Usage: men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah

Synonyms: stream, well out Definition: flow freely and abundantly Usage: Tears streamed down her face

Hypernyms: flow, feed, course, run Definition: move along, of liquids Usage: Water flowed into the cave; the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi

Synonyms: stream Definition: to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind Usage: their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind

Hypernyms: drift, float, blow, be adrift Definition: be in motion due to some air or water current Usage: The leaves were blowing in the wind; the boat drifted on the lake; The sailboat was adrift on the open sea; the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore

Synonyms: pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream Definition: rain heavily Usage: Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!

Hypernyms: rain, rain down Definition: precipitate as rain Usage: If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding