tributary

Meaning

Noun

1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
2. A vein which drains into another vein.
3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Related to the paying of tribute.
2. (not-comparable) Subordinate; inferior.
3. (not-comparable) Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

Opposite of

distributary

Synonyms

affluent

branch

confluent

feeder

contributory

subsidiary

stream

river

contributive

conducive

accessory

collateral

contributing

dispatch

distributary

division

estuary

faction

flow

glisten

honorary

inflow

influx

limb

minor

rivulet

select

send

side

sidearm

slave

supplementary

supply

testimonial

tributary stream

off-shoot

liegeman

pay tribute

river fork

paying tribute

onflow

side stream

little stream

tributary waterway

tributary flow

tributary drain

tributary course

river branch

vasallage

afflux

Translations

affluent

Nebenfluss

afluente

tributario

tributario

tributaire

affluente

Zufluss

afluent

zijrivier

afluente

tributário

bağımlı

vectigalis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tributarie

In summary

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).

Sentences

The Saginaw River is a tributary of Lake Huron .