RIVERBED Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

riverbed

noun

Definition of riverbed

as in ground

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Dissimilar Words

surface

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Recent Examples of riverbed At one time, Loretta Street crossed the riverbed to connect with SR-76. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026 The trees and water provide critical habitat for migrating birds where previously only a dry riverbed and brush awaited them. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Most notably, the Turia Gardens, spanning more than five miles from the city to the sea, transform a former riverbed into an urban oasis with walking and bike paths. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 The show imagines communities centered on the Mississippi River, which flows through Minneapolis, and the installation echoes a riverbed, with platforms approximating islands. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riverbed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbed

Noun

Electric flight enters policing Astro could give officers another way to monitor the university’s campus and surrounding grounds.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The network, along with MS NOW and Politico, won a preliminary injunction in federal court last week, a blow to Trump’s effort to bar the outlets from the White House grounds.

— Scott Nover, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ground

Noun

The two nearly complete skeletons that serve as the foundation for the new research date to the Late Triassic period nearly 237 million years ago.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Felucca is the foundation for many other community firmware projects, transforming the FM-1 into a true multi-engine synth.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of foundation

Noun

Inside, furnishings are minimal, with timber and cool-toned stone alongside floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the landscaped gardens.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
Because food can be scarce there and people fear theft, individuals will store rice in their dirt-floor homes, Wagner says, allowing close contact with the rats that infest the island.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of floor

Noun

The 18-story building collapsed Friday in a busy commercial street of the capital Nairobi, trapping construction workers and people reportedly inside shops on the ground and basement floors that had been illegally occupied.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The narrator of the story is a ten-year-old girl who has been living with her parents and her younger brother in a small basement apartment until one morning, before school, her mother’s not there.

— Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of basement

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