river

UK /ˈɹɪvəː/ · US /ˈɹɪvɚ/

Etymology From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

Synonyms

57 terms

large, river, small, brooklet, burnlet, ree, rill, rith, rithe, rivulet, runlet, streamlet, unsorted, arroyo, bayou, beck, bogan, bogue, bourn, branch, anabranch, brook, burn, coulee, creek, crick, distributary, drain, draw, ea, eau, fork, fresh, freshet, gill, kill, lake [⇒ thesaurus] "stream of running water", letch, lick, nahal, nailbourne, outlet, prong, pup, rine, rhine, rindle, rito, run, runnel, sike, sitch, stream, tributary, wadi, wash, winterbourne

Derived terms

369 terms

Abba River, Adelaide River, Agidel River, Alice River, Amazon river dolphin, American River, Amur River, Angelo River, Apple River, Archer River, Arm River, Arthur River, atmospheric river, Augusta-Margaret River, Bass River, Battle River, Bear River, Beaufort River, Belmore River, Bemm River, Black River, Blue River, braided river, Brodribb River, Broken River, Broughton River Valley, Buffalo River, Burrum River, Campbell River, Cann River, Capel River, Carbunup River, Carlisle River, Carlton River, Cells River, Chang River, Chicamacomico River, Chinese river dolphin, Colorado River Numic, Columbia River, Copper River, Cotter River, Crawford River, Crimea river, Crooked River, cross-river, cross the river, cry someone a river, Crystal River, Curdies River, Cygnet River, Daly River, Darwin River, Darwin River Dam, Deep River, Delaware River, Delegate River, De Mole River, denial is a river in Egypt, denial is not a river in Egypt, Detroit River, Deua River Valley, Devils River, Donnelly River, Douglas River, downriver, Doyles River, Drysdale River, Dutton River, Eagle River, East Lyons River, East River, Edward River, Eel River, Elk River, English River, Fall River, Fitzgerald River National Park, Forbes River, Forked River, Fox River, Frankland River, French River, the river to the sea, Fryingpan River, Garden River, Gascoyne River, Gawler River, Gila River, Gilbert River, Great River Road, Green River, Green River Ordinance, Green River ordinance, Gregory River, Grey River, Guadalupe River, Gunnison River, Harris River, Haw River syndrome, Hay River, heritage river, Hill River, Holroyd River, Hood River, Huai River, Huai river, Hutt River, Illinois River, Indian River, inverted river delta, Isis River, Jack River, Japanese river fever, Jardine River, Johns River, Kansas River, Kennett River, Kentucky River, King River, Klamath River, Klip River, lazy river, Leaf River, Lesser Slave River, Lister's river snail, Little Colorado River, Little River, Lockhart River, Long River, Lort River, Lost River, lost river, Lost River sucker, Lune River, Mackenzie River, Mad River, Margaret River, Maroochy River, Maurice River, Middle River, midriver, Minnesota River, Mission River, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Mole River, Mooi River, Moore River National Park, Moose River, Mora River, Mountain River, Mount Rivers, Mount Riverview, multiriver, Murrumbidgee river rattler, myrtle of the river, Namoi River, Northern Rivers, Ord River, over the river, over the river and through the woods, Paddys River, Pages River, palaeoriver, paleoriver, pass the river, Peace River, Pearl River, Pike River, pink river dolphin, Pipers River, Pit River language, Polish Hill River, Powder River, Prince Regent River, Puerco River, Rainy River, Red River, red river hog, Reid River, riverage, river ash, riverbank, river basin, riverbed, riverbend, River Bend, Riverbend, river birch, river blindness, riverboard, riverboarder, riverboarding, riverboat, river bottom, river boulder, river bug, river bugging, river-bush, rivercane, river carp, river chicken, river chub, rivercourse, river crab, rivercraft, Riverdale, riverdamsel, riverdance, river dog, river dolphin, River Don, river-dragon, river duck, river dune, River Edge, riveret, riverfront, riverful, Riverglades, Riverglen, river god, rivergoing, river gum, Riverhead, riverhead, River Heads, riverhemp, Riverhills, river hog, riverhood, river horse, riverine, riverish, river island, river jack, riverkeeper, river lamprey, Riverlea, Riverleigh, riverless, riverlet, riverlike, river limpet, riverling, riverman, river mouth, river mussel, river oats, river otter, riverpark, river pear, riverplain, river poison, riverport, river prawn, river pumpkin, River Ranch, river rat, river red gum, river run, river runner, river running, riverscape, river shad, river shark, Riverside, riverside, Riverslea, Riversleigh, river snail, Riverstone, river swallow, Riverton, Rivertree, river turtle, Rivervale, river valley, Riverview, riverwalk, river walk, river warbler, riverward, riverwards, riverwash, river water, riverwater, riverway, riverweed, riverwise, riverwoman, Riverwood, riverworthy, rivery, Roaring Fork River, Robinson River, Rock River, Rocky River, Roger River, Rose River, Ross River, run-of-the-river, Rush River, Russian River, Sabina River, Sables-Spanish Rivers, Saddle River, Saint Lawrence River, salmon river, Salmon River, Salt River, Saltwater River, Saskatchewan River, Savage River, Saxtons River, Scott River, Scott River East, sell down the river, Sendai River, Sierra Leone River, Sluch River, Smoky River, soldier river barb, Southern River, Stewarts River, St. Johns River, St. Marys River, Sturgeon River, submarine river, Susan River, Swan River, Tanana River, Tennessee River, Three Rivers, tidal river, Tocantins River, Touws River, Twin Rivers, Two Hearted River, Two Rivers, Upper Kangaroo River, Upper Karuah River, upriver, up the river, Victoria River, Wading River, Wards River, Weir River, Wells River, Western River, West Lyons River, West River, White River, Whites River, wild river, Willson River, Wingan River, Winnipeg River, Wye River, Yampa River, Yass River, Yellow river, Yellow River, you can't step in the same river twice, youthful river, Yukon River, Zuni River, English terms starting with

Related terms

59 terms

fluvial, tributary, water, freshwater, alluvium, sediment, riverbend, riverbank, riverbed, riverfront, valley, canyon, glen, gorge, strath, drainage basin, confluence, channel, floodplain, riverplain, billabong, oxbow lake, fish, amphibian, muskrat, river dolphin, Amazon River dolphin, baiji, pink river dolphin, tucuxi, crest, flood, drought, bridge, weir, dam, dock, port, flatboat, pulwar, raft, riverboat, river runner, rum-tum, showboat, struse, thalamegos, fisher, river rat, riverkeeper, riverman, swimmer, water bailiff, geography, hydrology, riparian, riverine, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 348. River, :Category:en:Rivers

Hypernyms

watercourse, body of water, landform

Hyponyms

affluent

Meronyms

waterfall, rapid, delta, estuary, mouth, meander, ford, source