English Explanatory Dictionary

downriver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Closer to the mouth of a river
adv
  1. Travelling in the direction of the river current.
name
  1. A region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan south of Detroit, along the western shore of the Detroit River covering 18 municipalities, Allen Park, Brownstown Charter Township, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Charter Township, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Trenton, Woodhaven and, Wyandotte.

Word forms

downriver more downriver most downriver down-river

Etymology

From down- + river.

Synonyms

downstream
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