| Main Entry: | generator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engine converting energy |
Synonyms: |
alternator, dynamo |
| Notes: | an alternator produces alternating current while a generator (or dynamo) produces direct current |
| Main Entry: | creator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inventor; God |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, begetter, brain, deity, designer, founder, framer, generator, initiator, maker, originator, prime mover, producer, sire |
Antonyms: |
destroyer, destructor |
| Main Entry: | dynamo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | go-getter |
Synonyms: |
achiever, ball of fire, bundle of energy, busy person, doer, eager beaver, energetic person, fireball, generator, hard worker, hot shot, live wire, mover and shaker, pistol, risk-taker, spark plug, whiz kid |
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
Synonyms: |
agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | father/mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | founder, inventor |
Synonyms: |
administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, encourager, generator, initiator, introducer, leader, maker, matriarch, motor, mover, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover, promoter, promulgator, publisher, sire, sponsor, supporter |
| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who establishes an institution |
Synonyms: |
architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, creator, designer, establisher, forebearer, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patron, planner, prime mover |
| Main Entry: | fountainhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal source; person who originates |
Synonyms: |
administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | motor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engine |
Synonyms: |
cylinder, diesel, generator, mechanism, piston, power train, transformer, turbine, what's under the hood |
| Main Entry: | mover and shaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes things happen |
Synonyms: |
VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player, player*, presence, producer, spark plug, spark plug, trailblazer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer, whip |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cause, basis |
Synonyms: |
agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result |