rushing water
Stream in motion
Water moving swiftly and forcefully, typically over rocks, down rapids, or through narrow channels.
The phrase evokes both sound and motion—the roar of a river, the tumble of a waterfall: The rushing water drowned out their voices.
It often suggests power or danger, as in flood conditions or whitewater currents.
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- streamSteady continuous flow
- mountain streamFlowing water descending highlands
current · river current · gushing · flowing · river · waterfall · surge · flash flood · splash · roar · foam · whitewater · creek · babbling brook · deluge · flood · spray · turbulent
- ambient soundsrain, wind, ocean, thunder rumble, crickets
- floodwateroverflow, deluge, inundation, flash flood, river flood
- riverscapesriverbank, riverbed, river bend, creek, brook
- rushing watercascade, torrent, rapids, current, gush
- torrentstorrent, deluge, downpour, gush, outpouring
- small streamsbrook, creek, rill, rivulet, runnel
water movement/velocity
rushing waterstill water
Water not flowing
stagnant water · standing water · still pond · slack water · dead water
rushing, water, rush, rushed, rushes, waters, watered, watering, watery