stream: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with M
Meaning of stream
noun
A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
All moving waters.
A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
Example: He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.
Current, the force of moving water.
Example: to swim against the stream
Listed forms: streams.
Source: Wiktionary — stream.
verb
- intransitive
To flow in a continuous or steady manner, like a liquid.
- intransitive
To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind.
Example: A flag streams in the wind.
- transitive
To discharge in a stream.
Example: The soldier's wound was streaming blood.
- Internet
To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
Listed forms: streams, streaming, streamed.
Source: Wiktionary — stream.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for stream.
noun
a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
noun
dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
noun
the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
noun
something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is stream in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of stream
S(1) + T(1) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + M(3) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of stream
5 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from stream
112 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in stream. Showing up to 24, longest first.