downstreamadverb, adjective
uk/ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/us/ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/in the direction a river or stream is flowing:
The current carried her downstream.
used to describe something that happens later in a process or series of events:
He has expanded the glass manufacturing firm by purchasing downstream businesses such as a glass distribution company.
Opposite
upstream
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- brook
- burn
- creek
- downriver
- Euphrates
- ghat
- gully
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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