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Brook

🔄 Synonyms of "Brook"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
abideverb	Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
endureverb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
standverb	To position or be positioned physically:
stomachnoun	An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
sufferverb	(intransitive) To feel pain.
tolerateverb	(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
creeknoun	(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
put upverb	(transitive) To place in a high location.
bearverb	A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brook"

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Word	Definition
abideverb	Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
endureverb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
tolerateverb	(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
standnoun	The act of standing.
put upverb	(transitive) To place in a high location.
sufferverb	(intransitive) To feel pain.
creeknoun	(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
stomachnoun	An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
bearnoun	A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
bournenoun	A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
cricknoun	A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.
speckled	Marked with dots or spots, spotted.
rivièrenoun	A necklace of diamonds or other precious stones, especially one of several strings.
gutternoun	A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
fountainnoun	An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
rivuletnoun	A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
runnelnoun	A small stream, a rivulet.
rillnoun	A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
bournnoun	A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256).