tributary

Plural: tributaries

Noun

• a branch that flows into the main stream
• A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
• A vein which drains into another vein.
• A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Adjective Satellite

• (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
• paying tribute
  • "a tributary colony"
• tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

Adj

• Related to the paying of tribute.
• Subordinate; inferior.
• Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

Examples

• The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.
• The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

Synonyms

affluent, conducive, confluent, contributing, contributive, contributory, feeder, influent

Antonyms

distributary

Related Words

distributary, tribute

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