Synonyms of rivulet

rivulet

noun

ˈri-vyə-lət 

as in brook

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brook
• creek
• stream
• tributary
• rill
• streamlet
• brooklet
• canal
• runnel
• bayou
• beck
• burn
• gill
• runoff
• bourn
• bourne
• fresh
• run
• freshet
• arroyo
• wash
• watercourse
• runlet
• slough
• coulee
• waterway
• slew
• channel
• billabong
• race
• cutoff
• distributary
• slue
• branch
• millrace
• millstream
• affluent
• confluent
• influent
• kill
• cut
• gut

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of rivulet

Constant rains feed sparkling rivulets that make the dark basalt bedrock glisten and the sheer green slopes shine. —Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023

The dirt two-track twists through Mud Tanks Draw, an area of low ground between ridges where water runoff collects in a chain of pools, rivulets and mucky ponds. —Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024

Qwerty harnesses the buzz of that lifestyle with a scale that borders the operatic: yearning soul melodies interrupted by anxious ad libs, voice-note recordings, and phone-notification pings, with devious melodic rivulets to link the bustling movements. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2024

For those left behind, grief and uncertainty swirl together, muddy rivulets in a vast tributary. —Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024