| Main Entry: | tributary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary; branch |
Synonyms: |
accessory, dependent, feeding, minor, satellite, shoot, side, sub, subject, subordinate, under |
Antonyms: |
original, primary, source |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrow body of water |
Synonyms: |
branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, firth, fjord, inlet, rivulet, sound, strait, stream, subdivision, tributary |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | department |
Synonyms: |
annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing |
Antonyms: |
company |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, confirmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under |
Antonyms: |
chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | creek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
Synonyms: |
brook, brooklet, burn, crick, ditch, race, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, spring, streamlet, tributary, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | river |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
Synonyms: |
beck, branch, brook, course, creek, estuary, rill, rivulet, run, runnel, stream, tributary, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
Synonyms: |
accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky, extra, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-fry, small-time, subject, subservient, subsidiary, substract, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant |
Antonyms: |
first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
| Main Entry: | stream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small river |
Synonyms: |
beck, branch, brook, burn, course, creek, current, drift, flood, flow, freshet, race, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, rush, spate, spritz, surge, tide, torrent, tributary, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
Synonyms: |
accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
Antonyms: |
master |
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lesser, supplementary |
Synonyms: |
accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, baser, below par, collateral, contributory, dependent, inferior, insignificant, junior, low, lower, minor, paltry, satellite, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, sub, subaltern, subalternate, subject, submissive, subnormal, subservient, subsidiary, substract, tributary, under, underaverage, unequal |
Antonyms: |
chief, important, major, necessary, superior, vital |