Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   reflux, refluence, dispersion, overflow, diffluence

   Synonyms:
   conflux, meeting, concourse, convergence, concurrence

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1. • Meeting

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

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

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. separate

   move away from each other

   my friend and i separated for a week

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2020  

How to use confluence in a sentence?

1. Sharon Gordon:

   There's been a confluence of social media and outrage, i do believe for the first time we're about to make a change.

2. Anandnad Saraswati:

   It is a confluence of all Naga sadhus at the meeting point of these holy rivers, they meet each other, they interact with each other and they meditate and pray here at the holy confluence. They give their message to the people and they transform people.

3. Dan Cooper:

   It’s really hard to point to one specific thing, and when you look at the confluence of factors, Black folks haven’t been centered in policy or they are centered in wrong ways.

4. Jerry Reed:

   It's usually a confluence of factors, we have to be mindful of the whole spectrum.

5. 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.

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