downstream

Preposition

Preposition downstream

1. If ${\displaystyle x}$ is downstream from ${\displaystyle y}$, ${\displaystyle x}$ and ${\displaystyle y}$ are on or beside a river and the water moves from ${\displaystyle y}$ to ${\displaystyle x}$.

   London is downstream from Oxford on the River Thames.

   He stood on the bridge dropping leaves into the water and watching them float downstream.

Antonyms

• upstream

Related words

• down
• stream