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. The Biden administration:

   Simply put, delaying the Standard would likely cost many lives per day, in addition to large numbers of hospitalizations, other serious health effects, and tremendous expenses, that is a confluence of harms of the highest order.

2. 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.

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. Amesh Adalja:

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

5. United States:

   They present completely different circumstances than what we've experienced in the past — and their confluence may dramatically increase the risks ahead, while it is possible, and hopeful, that all of these events will have peaceful resolutions, we should prepare for the potential negative outcomes.

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