Brooks
1 of 3biographical name (1)
ˈbru̇ks 
Gwendolyn Elizabeth 1917–2000 American poet
Brooks
2 of 3biographical name (2)
Phillips 1835–1893 American bishop
Brooks
3 of 3biographical name (3)
Van Wyck van-ˈwīk
vən-
1886–1963 American essayist and critic brooks 1 of 2
noun
as in creeks
a natural body of running water smaller than a river there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- creeks
- rills
- streams
- rivulets
- runnels
- becks
- streamlets
- tributaries
- brooklets
- runs
- canals
- bourns
- bayous
- bournes
- burns
- freshets
- arroyos
- gills
- sloughs
- freshes
- runlets
- runoffs
- watercourses
- coulees
- washes
- billabongs
- waterways
- channels
- distributaries
- branches
- millraces
- affluents
- millstreams
- slews
- cutoffs
- races
- slues
- kills
- influents
- confluents
- guts
- cuts
brooks
2 of 2verb
as in tolerates
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I will not brook insults from my own employees Synonyms & Similar Words
- tolerates
- stands
- endures
- bears
- handles
- accepts
- pockets
- swallows
- stomachs
- takes
- sustains
- stands for
- abides
- bides
- sticks out
- sweats out
- hacks
- countenances
- absorbs
- wears
- lives with
- meets
- lumps (it)
- toughs it out
- supports
- goes
- permits
- suffers
- allows
- acquiesces
- reconciles (to)
- respects
- consents (to)
- capitulates
- assents (to)
- submits (to)
- yields (to)
- agrees (with or to)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rejects
- refuses
- declines
- spurns
- repudiates
- dismisses
- contests
- fights
- turns down
- avoids
- combats
- resists
- opposes
- dodges
- misses
- bypasses
- evades
- eludes
- circumvents
- abstains (from)
- refrains (from)
- escapes
- forbears