flows
Courses without stopping
Flows is the third-person singular of flow, describing smooth continuous movement.
Water flows downhill, traffic flows through intersections, conversation flows naturally.
In music and hip-hop, flows refers to a rapper's rhythmic delivery and cadence: Her flows are unmatched.
Cash flow describes money moving through a business.
When something flows, it moves without interruption or resistance.
Move with effortless continuity
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- coursePlanned path forward
- circulateMove in a loop
stream · waft · float · swirl · surge · undulate · roll · billow
Steady continuous flow
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- currentDirected flow of charge
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- pourSend liquid streaming out
gush · rush · trickle · surge · ripple · eddy · channel · downstream
Ready spending funds
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- capitalWealth used for investment
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
circulation · income · revenue · inflows · outflows · transactions · payments · remittances
Movement along routes
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
packets · transmission · routing · processing · input · output · feed · analytics
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- pulseArterial blood throb
swing · momentum · continuity · smoothness · seamlessness · pacing · meter · syncopation
Thick and slow-flowing
- thickHaving great depth
- thinSmall in diameter
- runnyExcessively fluid
- syrupyExcessively sweet or sentimental
ooze · seep · drip · drizzle · pour · consistency · fluidity · molten
Source of creative impulse
- ideasMental creations or plans
- brainstormSpontaneous idea generation
- stream-of-consciousnessNarrative of unfiltered thought
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
spontaneity · productivity · momentum · burst · expression · output · channeling · muse
glide
Move with effortless continuity
circulate · stream · waft · float · swirl · surge · undulate · roll · billow · spiral
stream
Steady continuous flow
pour · gush · rush · trickle · surge · ripple · eddy · channel · downstream · upstream
cash
Ready spending funds
liquidity · circulation · income · revenue · inflows · outflows · transactions · payments · remittances · transfers
traffic
Movement along routes
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
bandwidth · packets · transmission · routing · processing · input · output · feed · analytics · metrics
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
pulse · swing · momentum · continuity · smoothness · seamlessness · pacing · meter · syncopation · timing
viscous
Thick and slow-flowing
syrupy · ooze · seep · drip · drizzle · pour · consistency · fluidity · molten · honey
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- ideasMental creations or plans
- brainstormSpontaneous idea generation
- stream-of-consciousnessNarrative of unfiltered thought
improvisation · spontaneity · productivity · momentum · burst · expression · output · channeling · muse · freewriting
- runs throughstreams, courses, passes, crosses, traverses
- Deleuze-Guattarirhizome, assemblage, deterritorialization, becoming, immanence
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- originsbeginning, birth, creation, source, roots
- Salesforceaccounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases
- mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity
- go with the flowAccept situations without resistance
- going with the flowAccepting situations without resistance
- flow stateOptimal engagement condition
- goes with the flowAccepts situations without resisting
- cash flowMoney entering and exiting
- ebb and flowCyclical rise and decline
flow, flowing, overflow, flowed, outflow, inflow, airflow, workflow, flowchart