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

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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.

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

   Antonyms:
   compulsion, necessity

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1. resource

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Asset
   • Assets
   • Ingenuity

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1. resourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   means, expedient, device, contrivance, resort, appliance, instrumentality

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1. resourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   resort, expedient, device, shift

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1. List of paraphrases for "resource":

   resources, remedy, resort, remedies, appeal, recourse, source, ressources

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1. Army Gen. Scott Miller:

   America and her allies are in Afghanistan to maintain pressure on the networked, trans-regional terrorists attempting to plot, resource and direct attacks from here, this is only part of the coalition's work towards an Afghan security solution, but it is a vital part.

2. Thomas Golembeski:

   Our Ahmeyim-2 appraisal well offshore Mauritania discovered a significant amount of gas and builds on our previous success in the basin, proving there's sufficient resource for a world-scale LNG development.

3. Justin Eisinger:

   It's a great resource for anyone that wants to be informed about the findings of the most important law enforcement document created in our lifetime.

4. William Richardson Davie:

   So low and hopeless are the finances of the United States, that, the year before last Congress was obliged to borrow money even, to pay the interest of the principal which we had borrowed before. This wretched resource of turning interest into principal, is the most humiliating and disgraceful measure that a nation could take, and approximates with rapidity to absolute ruin: Yet it is the inevitable and certain consequence of such a system as the existing Confederation.

5. Andrea Cullinan:

   We are in a totally resource-poor environment where we are really just trying to save lives.