tributary

1. 1.

   a branch that flows into the main stream

   Synonymsfeederconfluentaffluent

   Antonymsdistributary

   Broaderbranch

Other forms of tributary

plural

tributaries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tributary

What does tributary mean?

tributary means "(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tributary?

tributary has 4 syllables: trib-u-tar-y. The stress falls on "trib". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪbjəˌtɛɹi/.

What is another word for tributary?

Close synonyms include conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, feeder. 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.

What is the opposite of tributary?

The recorded antonyms are distributary.

Is tributary a common word?

tributary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tributary?

30 words rhyme with tributary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.