ADJECTIVE | all | confluent, merging | flowing together |
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NOUN | object | confluent, feeder, tributary, affluent | a branch that flows into the main stream |
Sounds | kaanfluw'ahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Flowing together. | |
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Synonym | merging | |
Broader | convergent | tending to come together from different directions |
Spanish | confluente, juntado | |
Catalan | ajuntat, confluent | |
Nouns | confluence | a flowing together |
confluence | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) |
Meaning | A branch that flows into the main stream. | |
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Synonyms | feeder, tributary, affluent | |
Broader | branch | A stream or river connected to a larger / larger one |
Opposite | distributary | A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it |
Spanish | afluente, tributaria, tributario | |
Catalan | afluent, confluent |
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