Synonyms for river
ˈrɪv ərriv·er

Princeton's WordNet

1. rivernoun

   a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

   "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

Matched Categories

1. • Stream
   • Water System

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1. rivernoun

   Synonyms:
   stream

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1. rivernoun

   Associated words:
   potamology, potamography, riparian, riparious, fluvial, levee, wady, estuary, fluviatic, fluviatile, bayou, pothole, dredge, fluvicoline, fluviograph, fluviometer, crevasse, anadron, tributary, embouchure, barrage

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1. List of paraphrases for "river":

   rivière, rivers, rio, fleuve, fluvial, riverine, riviã, ho, hydrographic, fluss, st., riverbank, stream, nahr, revere, ríos, crick, creek, rivières, water, waterway, upe

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1. Caitlyn Jenner:

   I was watching people dying come across the river, kids in cages – whatever you want to call them.

2. Guy Cook:

   Former Gov. Terry Branstad took one of the inaugural rides on the Raging River ride in 1983.

3. Viking Cruises Chairman Torstein Hagen:

   We are excited about the prospect of bringing modern river cruising to the Mississippi.

4. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

   How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.

5. Stacy Stuart:

   Kids remember throwing sins into the river, or they may not remember anything else but they go to do tashlich -- which is casting their sins -- they remember that, physical rituals really last.