tidal stream

1. 1.

   a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream

   Synonymstidal rivertidewater rivertidewater stream

   Broaderstream

   Part oftidewater

Questions about tidal stream

What does tidal stream mean?

tidal stream means "a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream".

What is another word for tidal stream?

Close synonyms include tidal river, tidewater river, tidewater stream. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tidal stream a common word?

tidal stream is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.