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Antonyms for stream
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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. streamnoun

    Synonyms:
    creek, rill, beck, brook, flow, burn

  2. streamnoun

    To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.

    Synonyms:
    burn, creek, brook, rill, beck, flow

  3. streamnoun

    A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)

    He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

    Synonyms:
    burn, creek, flow, rill, beck, brook

  4. streamnoun

    Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words

    Her constant nagging was to him a stream of abuse.

    Synonyms:
    brook, creek, rill, beck, burn, flow

  5. streamnoun

    An umbrella term for all moving waters.

    Synonyms:
    creek, burn, beck, flow, brook, rill

  6. streamnoun

    A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.

    Synonyms:
    beck, creek, burn, flow, brook, rill

  7. streamnoun

    A division of a school year by perceived ability.

    All of the bright kids went into the A stream, but I was in the B stream.

    Synonyms:
    flow, creek, brook, rill, burn, beck

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. stream

    Antonyms:
    stagnation, desistance, arrestation, station, standstill, stillness, halting, cessation, stopping, interruption

    Synonyms:
    current, course, flow, exit, drift, tide, tendency

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stream, watercoursenoun

    a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

    Synonyms:
    current, flow, watercourse, waterway

  2. stream, flow, currentnoun

    dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

    "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

    Synonyms:
    current, rate of flow, catamenia, flowing, period, menstruation, menstruum, menses, flow, watercourse, flow rate, electric current

  3. flow, streamnoun

    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

    Synonyms:
    current, rate of flow, catamenia, flowing, period, menstruation, menstruum, menses, flow, watercourse, flow rate

  4. stream, flownoun

    something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

    "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

    Synonyms:
    current, rate of flow, catamenia, flowing, period, menstruation, menstruum, menses, flow, watercourse, flow rate

  5. current, streamverb

    a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)

    "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"

    Synonyms:
    current, watercourse, flow, electric current

  6. streamverb

    to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

    "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, teem, swarm, pullulate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pour, well out

  7. streamverb

    exude profusely

    "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, teem, swarm, pullulate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pour, well out

  8. pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulateverb

    move in large numbers

    "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, burgeon forth, bourgeon, teem, shoot, pour, rain buckets, spud, decant, pour out, germinate, sprout, swarm, rain cats and dogs, pullulate, well out

  9. pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain bucketsverb

    rain heavily

    "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, pour out, decant, pepper, bombard, pour, pullulate, rain buckets, swarm, teem, well out, rain cats and dogs

  10. stream, well outverb

    flow freely and abundantly

    "Tears streamed down her face"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, teem, swarm, pullulate, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pour, well out

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. streamnoun

    Synonyms:
    current, river, creek, brook, race, run, rivulet, rill, runnel, drift, course, tendency, torrent, arroyo, flume

  2. streamverb

    Synonyms:
    pour, gush, run, radiate, shed

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stream

    Synonyms:
    A flowing (of something), flumen

How to use stream in a sentence?

  1. Sally Bedell Smith:

    It has provided a very substantial income stream into his foundation and has helped to fund his charitable work as well as to promote organic products.

  2. Deirdre Conroy:

    I think this idea's great because so often people with insomnia check their phones throughout the night, when you check the time, that triggers this whole stream of worries... and it creates this sense of anxiety.

  3. Matthew Biggerstaff:

    Producing it and showing that it works is different than operationalizing it, it's still new in terms of incorporating it into a public health data stream.

  4. Pope Francis on Wednesday:

    Now you are facing this stream of Latin immigration which affects many of your dioceses, not only as the Bishop of Rome, but also as a pastor from the South, I feel the need to thank and encourage you.

  5. Hank Johnson:

    There has been a steady [stream], almost like termites can get into a residence and eat before you know that you’ve been eaten up and you fall in on yourself, there has been settlement activity that has marched forward with impunity and at an ever increasing rate to the point where it has become alarming.

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#1307station
#2094stream
#8624stopping
#16872cessation
#17400interruption
#40026stagnation
#40097halting
#41436stillness
#45060standstill

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