Thesaurus:river

Thesaurus

river

English

Noun

Sense: large natural watercourse

Synonyms

• river

Hypernyms

• watercourse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• body of water    [⇒ thesaurus]
• landform    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• tributary
• affluent

Meronyms

• waterfall
• rapid
• delta
• estuary
• mouth    [⇒ thesaurus]
• meander
• ford

Various

Content of a river

• water    [⇒ thesaurus]
• freshwater
• alluvium

Nearby objects

• riverbank
• riverbed
• valley    [⇒ thesaurus]
• drainage basin
• confluence

Animals living in river

• fish    [⇒ thesaurus]
• amphibian    [⇒ thesaurus]
• muskrat

Events

• flood
• drought

Structures

• bridge
• weir
• dock
• port

People around river

• fisher
• swimmer
• water bailiff

Fields

• geography    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hydrology

Instances

10 longest rivers

• Nile
• Amazon
• Yangtze
• Mississippi
• Yenisey
• Yellow River
• Ob
• Río de la Plata
• Congo
• Amur

See also

• Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class III § 348. River
• Category:en:Rivers

Further reading

• “river” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "river" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Wikidata:river
• River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of river systems by length on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Glossary of geography terms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• International glossary of hydrology, library.wmo.int