Synonyms for fount
faʊnt, fɒntfount

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1. fount

   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.

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. font, fount, typeface, face, casenoun

   a specific size and style of type within a type family

   Synonyms:
   type, font, instance, look, pillow slip, case, eccentric, aspect, pillowcase, guinea pig, cheek, boldness, casing, character, event, nerve, subject, example, facial expression, cause, baptismal font, shell, causa, side, grimace, slip, compositor's case, caseful, grammatical case, fountain, face, showcase, expression, vitrine, brass, human face, baptistry, display case, sheath, typeface, typesetter's case, baptistery, lawsuit, suit

2. fountain, fountnoun

   a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

   Synonyms:
   natural spring, case, outpouring, spring, jet, typeface, outflow, face, fountain, font

Matched Categories

1. • Plumbing Fixture
   • Type

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1. fountnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] spring, fountain

2. fountnoun

   Synonyms:
   font, assortment of types

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1. fountnoun

   Synonyms:
   spring, fountain

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1. Shakespeare A Lover's Complaint 279:

   This said, his watery eyes he did dismount, Whose sights till then were levell'd on my face; Each cheek a river running from a fount With brinish current downward flow'd apace: O, how the channel to the stream gave grace!

2. Stanley Morison:

   Type design moves at the pace of the most conservative reader. The good type-designer therefore realizes that, for a new fount to be successful, it has to be so good that only very few recognize its novelty.