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Synonyms and Antonyms of tributary

a stream that flows into a larger body of water
  • the Amazon and its more than 1,000 known tributaries form the world's largest drainage basin
Synonyms of tributary

affluent, bayou, branch, confluent, feeder, influent
Words Related to tributary

backwater

brook, brooklet, creek, rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], streamlet

fountainhead, head, headstream, headwater, source
Antonyms of tributary

distributary, effluent

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