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. Joelle Baird:

   There may have been a time when it was safe to use such sources, but no longer. Any untreated water has the potential to cause illness if it is not properly and carefully disinfected. we have a cooperative with NPS Office of Public Healthy, Coconino County Health and Human Services and the CDC all working together to try to understand the disease pathway and looking in particular at river and backcountry trips along the Colorado River.

2. Mark Leary:

   If we're not able to travel on the river, we're all 100 percent dependent on air travel, which is hugely expensive.

3. Martha McClintock:

   I think of it as we’re going down a river as we age, when we’re young adults or middle aged, we’re pretty much in the same boat, but then with aging the stream splits up( and) we start zigging and zagging on different pathways.

4. Michael Brown:

   Since that time, restoration projects on the Penobscot River and many smaller rivers now allow river herring to access traditional spawning habitat, a result of the restoration activities is the expanding river herring resources we are seeing in Maine today.

5. Marian Carroll:

   If you're after beach time or volcano trekking (not recommended in slippery conditions), the wet season can be inconvenient, on the other hand, the wet is better for river rafting (better flow conditions) and waterfall chasing.