Adjective tributary has 3 senses
- tributary - of a stream; flowing into a larger stream
Antonym: primary (indirect, via secondary)
- tributary - paying tribute; "a tributary colony"
Antonym: unobligated (indirect, via obligated)
- conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary - tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor"
Antonyms: noncausative, noncausal (indirect, via causative)
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Noun tributary has 1 sense
- feeder, tributary, affluent - a branch that flows into the main stream
--1 is a kind of branch
Antonyms: distributary
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