confluent

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONFLUENT

a stream that flows into a larger body of water <several confluents slowly winding their way to the main river>

Synonyms affluent, bayou, branch, confluent, feeder, influent

Related Words backwater; brook, brooklet, creek, rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], streamlet; fountainhead, head, headstream, headwater, source

Antonyms distributary, effluent

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