Synonyms of brooks

brooks 1 of 2

noun

plural of brook

as in creeks

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creeks
• streams
• rills
• rivulets
• tributaries
• runnels
• streamlets
• becks
• canals
• runs
• burns
• bayous
• brooklets
• gills
• freshets
• bourns
• arroyos
• runoffs
• sloughs
• washes
• watercourses
• runlets
• coulees
• waterways
• channels
• freshes
• billabongs
• races
• cutoffs
• branches
• distributaries
• affluents
• kills
• guts
• influents
• millraces
• millstreams
• cuts
• confluents

brooks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brook

as in tolerates

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I will not brook insults from my own employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerates
• stands
• endures
• handles
• accepts
• bears
• takes
• sustains
• swallows
• pockets
• stands for
• abides
• sticks out
• absorbs
• lumps (it)
• stomachs
• bides
• lives with
• wears
• meets
• countenances
• hacks
• sweats out
• supports
• toughs it out
• goes
• suffers
• permits
• reconciles (to)
• allows
• yields (to)
• consents (to)
• submits (to)
• agrees (with or to)
• assents (to)
• acquiesces
• respects
• capitulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• turns down
• dismisses
• spurns
• repudiates
• resists
• contests
• fights
• opposes
• avoids
• escapes
• combats
• misses
• eludes
• bypasses
• evades
• circumvents
• refrains (from)
• dodges
• abstains (from)
• forbears

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brooks

Noun

The surrounding 23 acres the estate sits on are full of trails ripe for exploring, too, and take visitors past historic stone walls, cemeteries, and babbling brooks. — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026

Insects drone over running brooks. — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026

The property, which features lush greenery and old-growth trees set among babbling brooks and water features, is open to the public, and the gardens have served as a popular spot for weddings over the decades in addition to an annual Mother’s Day tea that Weston said attracts hundreds each year. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025

Many of these parcels have elements like oak woodlands, meadows, brooks and rivers that create cooler, wetter areas that help plants and animals endure wildfires or periods of extreme heat or drought. — Beth Rose Middleton Manning, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025

Verb

Noir, by contrast, brooks no such substitutions, because its conception of authenticity cannot allow for alternative destinies. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Along with co-founder Kyle Chayka, now of The New Yorker, Alioto first imagined Dirt as a moment-meeting entertainment brand that brooks very little techno-pessimism. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026