Synonyms for source
sɔrs, soʊrssource

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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

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

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

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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"

   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, 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

   Antonyms:
   sink

2. sourcenoun

   a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

   "the reporter had two sources for the story"

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

3. source, seed, germnoun

   anything that provides inspiration for later work

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

4. sourcenoun

   a facility where something is available

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

5. informant, sourcenoun

   a person who supplies information

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

6. generator, source, authornoun

   someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   "he was the generator of several complaints"

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

7. sourcenoun

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

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

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

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"

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

   Antonyms:
   sink

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"

   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, citation

   Antonyms:
   sink

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   origin, spring, fountain, head, rise, cradle, beginning, commencement, fountain-head, starting point

2. sourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   cause, original

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1. sourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   origin, spring, fountain, rise

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1. List of paraphrases for "source":

   origin, sources, font, fuente, cause, origins, origen, supply, melting, fount, melt, wellspring, home, originating, root, provenance, smelting, resource, fonts, spring

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1. List of known nicknames for "Source":

   The Source Experience, Source Experience, Manpower, Cantrip People, Spirit, Robert Leiner, Source Experience, The, Leiner, Robert

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1. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   At the moment there are millions of Syrians who are displaced. There are refugee camps -- in Lebanon, in Jordan, in Turkey -- receiving 4 to 5 million Syrians. And we're not going to receive 4 to 5 million Syrians, so the problem has to be dealt with at source, these are very difficult subjects. And of course, in Syria, so long as we haven't found a political solution; so long as we haven't destroyed this terrorist group, Islamic State; so long as we haven't got rid of Bashar Assad; we will not find a solution.

2. Rhode Island.Sofiaan Fraval:

   I always want to see what the latest and greatest is, it's a mystery, we don't know all of the details of the event. But we want to be there to hear it first from the source.

3. Chuck Peters:

   Our communities don’t need a new mobile application, website, newspaper or television broadcast. They need the ability to define the critical issues in the community, connect with those who care about those issues and have a trusted source of information about the issues.

4. Vladimir Pitulko:

   Indeed, these animals provide an endless source of different goods: food with meat, fat and marrow; fuel with dung, fat and bones; and raw material with long bones and ivory, they certainly would use them as food, especially certain parts like tongue or liver as a delicacy, but hunting for the ivory was more important.

5. Thomas Chittum:

   The more guns that are there and not really stored properly, the more that might be stolen. And we know that stolen firearms are a source of crime guns -- a significant source.