Antonyms for resource
ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs; rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrsre·source

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. resource

   A choice may be among many things; an alternative is in the strictest sense a choice between two things; oftener it is one of two things between which a choice is to be made, and either of which is the alternative of the other; as, the alternative of surrender is death; or the two things between which there is a choice may be called the alternatives; both Mill and Gladstone are quoted as extending the meaning of alternative to include several particulars, Gladstone even speaking of "the fourth and last of these alternatives." Option is the right or privilege of choosing; choice may be either the right to choose, the act of choosing, or the thing chosen. A person of ability and readiness will commonly have many resources. Pick, from the Saxon, and election, from the Latin, picture the objects before one, with freedom and power to choose which he will; as, there were twelve horses, among which I could take my pick. A choice, pick, election, or preference is that which suits one best; an alternative is that to which one is restricted; a resource, that to which one is glad to betake oneself.

   Antonyms:
   compulsion, necessity

   Synonyms:
   alternative, choice, election, option, pick, preference

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. resource

   Antonyms:
   destitution, barrenness, inanition, exhaustion, lack, drain, nonplus, poverty, sterility

   Synonyms:
   material, means, productions, supplies, expedients, contrivance, wealth, riches, device

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1. • Asset
   • Assets
   • Ingenuity

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. resourcenoun

   available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

   Synonyms:
   imagination, resourcefulness

2. resourcenoun

   a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed

   "the local library is a valuable resource"

   Synonyms:
   imagination, resourcefulness

3. resource, resourcefulness, imaginationnoun

   the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

   "a man of resource"

   Synonyms:
   resourcefulness, imaging, imagination, mental imagery, imagery, imaginativeness, vision

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1. resourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   resort, expedient, device, shift

How to use resource in a sentence?

1. Rob Ford:

   We will protect good jobs in Ontario... we will protect our agriculture, manufacturing and resource industries.

2. Greg Rouse:

   We are still barely scratching the surface of their diversity, it's just an amazing innovation by animals to exploit a food resource.

3. Alibaba Cloud:

   You need to go through very specialized training in order to read these images, but we know that experts are a very scarce resource.

4. Rahm Emanuel:

   While we’re going to add significant resources to our police department, no resource will match the resource of an officer knowing the neighborhood they work in supports their work.

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   The human mind is our fundamental resource.

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