Usually means: Source of a river's flow.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History
We found 20 dictionaries that define the word headwaters:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. headwaters: Merriam-Webster
  2. headwaters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. headwaters: Vocabulary.com
  4. Headwaters, headwaters: Wordnik
  5. headwaters: Wiktionary
  6. headwaters: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. headwaters: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. headwaters: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. headwaters: Dictionary.com
  10. Headwaters: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. headwaters: Rhymezone
  12. headwaters: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. headwaters: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. headwaters: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Words similar to headwaters

Usage examples for headwaters

Idioms related to headwaters

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing headwaters

Words that often appear near headwaters

Rhymes of headwaters

Invented words related to headwaters

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux