Synonyms of the word

tributary

• n. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
• n. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
• adj. Related to the paying of tribute.
• adj. subordinate; inferior.
• adj. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part,…

affluent

• n. Somebody who is wealthy.
• n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
• adj. Abundant; copious; plenteous.
• adj. (by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
• adj. (dated) Tributary.
• adj. (obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

branch

• n. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
• n. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
• n. (in particular) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. (In the US, branch is a Southern US…
• n. (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
• n. A location of an organization with several locations.
• n. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant…
• n. (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia…
• n. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
• n. (nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a…
• n. (computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
• n. (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build…
• n. (rail transport) A branch line.
• v. (intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.
• v. (intransitive) To produce branches.
• v. (intransitive) To divide into separate parts or subdivisions.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a…

causative

• adj. acting as a cause.
• adj. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation.
• n. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in…

conducive

• adj. Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.

confluent

• adj. Converging, merging into continuous shape (of two or more objects).
• adj. (meteorology) (Of wind) which converges, especially when viewed on a weather chart.
• adj. (biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
• adj. (geometry) (Of a triangle) which is exactly the same size as another triangle.

contributing

• v. present participle of contribute.

contributive

• adj. Tending to contribute; making a contribution.

contributory

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution.
• adj. Tending to contribute to a result.

feeder

• n. One who, or that which, feeds.
• n. That which is used to feed.
• n. A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
• n. A branch line of a railway.
• n. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
• n. (baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.
• n. (video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through…
• n. The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).

obligated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of obligate.
• adj. (Canada, US, Scotland) committed.
• adj. (Canada, US, Scotland) having an obligation; obliged.

secondary

• adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
• adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
• adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic…
• adj. (geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass.
• adj. (geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
• adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
• adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
• adj. Of less than primary importance.
• adj. (education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18.
• adj. (manufacturing) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
• adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
• n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
• n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
• n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or…
• n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
• n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
• n. (astronomy) A satellite.
• n. Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.