Antonyms for Source
sɔrs, soʊrssource

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. source

   The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.

   See synonyms for END.

   Synonyms:
   arising, beginning, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, initiation, opening, origin, outset, rise, spring, start

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. source

   Antonyms:
   mouth, debouchure, termination, end, exit, issue, result, effect

   Synonyms:
   rise, origin, spring, fount, fountain, cause, commencement, beginning

Matched Categories

1. • Communicator
   • Document
   • Engineering
   • Facility
   • Inspiration
   • Maker
   • Natural Process
   • Obtain
   • Point
   • Thing

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun

   the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   extraction, start, get-go, showtime, seed, parentage, ascendent, base, pedigree, offset, tooth root, reference, theme, ascendant, informant, root system, rootage, first, etymon, germ, radical, root, kickoff, descent, stemma, source, ancestor, inception, antecedent, stock, origination, author, lineage, reservoir, origin, line, outset, line of descent, stem, root word, starting time, bloodline, generator, solution, ancestry, beginning, commencement, blood, blood line

2. sourcenoun

   a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

   "the reporter had two sources for the story"

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, reservoir, seed, informant, rootage, root, author, germ, generator, reference

3. source, seed, germnoun

   anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   generator, rootage, seeded player, seed, bug, reference, informant, germ, seminal fluid, beginning, semen, cum, root, microbe, come, source, ejaculate, author, origin, reservoir

4. sourcenoun

   a facility where something is available

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, reservoir, seed, informant, rootage, root, author, germ, generator, reference

5. informant, sourcenoun

   a person who supplies information

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, generator, witness, informant, rootage, root, author, seed, reference, source, germ, witnesser, reservoir

6. generator, source, authornoun

   someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   "he was the generator of several complaints"

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   writer, origin, beginning, generator, informant, rootage, root, author, seed, reference, source, germ, reservoir

7. sourcenoun

   (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

   "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, reservoir, seed, informant, rootage, root, author, germ, generator, reference

8. reservoir, sourcenoun

   anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

   "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, generator, author, informant, rootage, root, artificial lake, seed, reference, source, germ, reservoir, man-made lake

9. reference, sourceverb

   a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

   "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

   Antonyms:
   sink

   Synonyms:
   extension, rootage, denotation, character reference, acknowledgment, reference point, generator, reference book, author, seed, mention, reservoir, informant, germ, credit, beginning, consultation, origin, point of reference, reference work, computer address, reference, address, quotation, character, root, cite, book of facts, source, citation

10. sourceverb

    get (a product) from another country or business

    "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

    Antonyms:
    sink

11. sourceverb

    specify the origin of

    "The writer carefully sourced her report"

    Antonyms:
    sink

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1. sourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   origin, spring, fountain, rise

How to use Source in a sentence?

1. Miguel Ponce:

   The trade balance will likely remain the only source of hard currency income for the government, and with exports falling, that means the import restrictions will continue.

2. Reverend Michael Bruce Curry:

   The love that has brought and will bind Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle together has its source and origin in God, and is the key to life and happiness, and so we celebrate and pray for them today.

3. Sean Koessel:

   By compromising Exchange Server, attackers are able to go directly to the source, instead of having to compromise a target via other means, such as phishing.

4. Lauri Myllyvirta:

   China's electricity demand has been incredibly flat in the past, because so much of it has come from the industry, not from households or services. Now with air conditioning becoming more common, the demand is becoming higher, at the same time, rains are becoming more errant. Heavy rains and periods of drought make hydropower much less reliable as a source of available capacity during those peaks.

5. H.W. Mann:

   Spirituality is life through awareness of our true essence. In essence we are of the energetic realm. We are conscious energy. We illuminate from source. Like rays of sunshine illuminating from the sun, each of us are part of the whole. Collectively we make up supreme consciousness. The purpose of human life is for each of us to express our higher self. To awaken. Together we complete the whole. As we awaken, the greater good is done.

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