runnel | Definition of runnel

Synonyms and Antonyms of runnel

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

the fugitive made use of local runnels to throw the bloodhounds off his scent

Synonyms of runnel

beck [British], bourn (or bourne), brook, brooklet, burn [British], creek, gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, streamlet

Words Related to runnel

arroyo, billabong [Australian], fresh, freshet, runoff

bayou, coulee, slough (also slew), stream, wash

canal, channel, cut, cutoff, gut, kill, millrace, millstream, race, watercourse, waterway

affluent, branch, confluent, distributary, influent, tributary