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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

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

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

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

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. livestream

    Submitted by ryan_1 on July 14, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. streamnoun

    Synonyms:
    current, course, flow, rush, tide

  2. streamnoun

    Synonyms:
    river, rivulet, brook, run

  3. streamverb

    Synonyms:
    flow, run, glide, pour

  4. streamverb

    Synonyms:
    issue, radiate, go forth

  5. streamverb

    Synonyms:
    extend, stretch 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

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How to use stream in a sentence?

  1. Nagruk Harcharek:

    Willow presents an opportunity to continue that investment in the communities, without that money and revenue stream, we’re reliant on the state and the feds.

  2. Nigerian Proverb:

    However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source.

  3. Van Dam:

    The strong southerly flow from the jet stream could have brought it from an active volcano in southwest Colima, Mexico. But if we go farther west towards eastern Russia, there's another active volcano there.

  4. Rainer Seele:

    Sanctions against Nord Stream 2 are a hit to Europe and Germany, a close ally (of the United States). It's time for Berlin and Brussels to take a clear political stance and to retaliate.

  5. Ajit Pai:

    The California law prohibits many free-data plans, which allow consumers to stream video, music, and the like exempt from any data limits. They have proven enormously popular in the marketplace, especially among lower-income Americans. But notwithstanding the consumer benefits, this state law bans them.


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