Synonyms for confluence
ˈkɒn flu əns; -flʌkscon·flu·ence

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1. confluencenoun

   Synonyms:
   conflux

2. confluencenoun

   The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

   We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

   Synonyms:
   conflux

3. confluencenoun

   The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the like meet.

   The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.

   Synonyms:
   conflux

4. confluencenoun

   A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.

   The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.

   Synonyms:
   conflux

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. confluence

   Synonyms:
   conflux, meeting, concourse, convergence, concurrence

   Antonyms:
   reflux, refluence, dispersion, overflow, diffluence

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1. confluence, meetingnoun

   a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

   "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"

   Synonyms:
   concourse, meeting, encounter, conflux, merging, get together, coming together, group meeting

2. confluence, conflux, mergingnoun

   a flowing together

   Synonyms:
   conflux, coming together, meeting, concourse, merging

3. concourse, confluencenoun

   a coming together of people

   Synonyms:
   meeting, conflux, throng, multitude, concourse, merging

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1. confluencenoun

   Synonyms:
   meeting, junction, conflux, union, flowing together

2. confluencenoun

   Synonyms:
   concourse, multitude, crowd, collection, throng, army, host, swarm

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1. List of paraphrases for "confluence":

   junction, convergence

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1. Shada Moghraby:

   ...I think it's a confluence of factors that led to refugees heading for Europe, but the cuts in WFP assistance were for sure the thing that broke the camel's back.

2. Amesh Adalja:

   There is a whole confluence of issues that may be resulting in more cases being reported.

3. Annie Clark:

   Our country is facing a confluence of the worse pandemic hitting our country in a century, an economic depression and a killing that laid bare the racial injustice that still taints our country, right now, Sen. Collins is focused on doing her job.

4. Matt Hanna:

   Most investors are willing to take increased risk compared to normal, you have a confluence of events...nearly unlimited expectations for stimulus combined with companies actually doing fairly well and that’s fueling major speculative behavior.

5. John Ing:

   Volatility is now the name of the game, there is a confluence of factors at work, both geopolitical, energy prices, interest rates, all this is leading to the expectations of increased volatility.