EGAVE

downriver

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Closer to the mouth of a river.
    My house is downriver to his.
  2. adverb Travelling in the direction of the river current.
    It is easier to paddle downriver.

Similar words

downstream downwind down-river upriver downcanyon riverside proximal upstream oceanward closer

Often followed by

to from and in on with at for by

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