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resource - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: resource
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial
Synonyms: ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness
Antonyms: product
Main Entry: resources
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: money, possessions, natural resources
Synonyms: assets, backing, bankroll, basics, belongings, budget, capital, collateral, effects, funds, holdings, income, kitty*, means, nest egg*, nut*, property, revenue, riches, savings, sock*, stuff, supplies, ways and means*, wealth, wherewithal*, ace in hole, material goods, reserves, the goods
Antonyms: debt
Main Entry: initiative
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: eagerness to do something
Synonyms: action, ambition, drive, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, gumption*, leadership, moxie*, originality, punch, push, resource, spunk*, steam*, vigor, dynamism, get-up-and-go, inventiveness, resourcefulness
Antonyms: indifference, lethargy
Main Entry: makeshift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: temporary help
Synonyms: expedient, last resort, recourse, refuge, replacement, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, expediency, pis aller
Antonyms: permanent
Main Entry: recourse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alternative
Synonyms: aid, appeal, choice, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, support, way out, expediency, stand-by
Notes: recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!)
Main Entry: refuge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place to hide, have privacy
Synonyms: ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower*, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap*, stronghold, way out, harborage, hiding place, safe place
Main Entry: stopgap
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: temporary help
Synonyms: expedient, improvisation, makeshift, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, shift, substitute, Band-Aid, expediency, pis aller, temporary expedient
Antonyms: permanent, solution, permanency
Main Entry: substitute
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: someone or something that takes the place of another
Synonyms: agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, delegate, deputy, double, dummy, equivalent, expedient, ghost, ghost writer, makeshift, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, stand-in, standby, stopgap*, sub*, successor, supply, surrogate, symbol, temporary, understudy, vicar, changeling, dernier ressort, expediency, fill-in, locum, locum tenens, pinch-hitter, procurator, succedaneum, supplanter, temp, temporary expedient
Antonyms: permanent
Main Entry: surrogate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person or thing that acts as
Synonyms: alternate, backup, delegate, deputy, expedient, makeshift, pinch hitter, proxy, recourse, refuge, replacement, representative, resort, resource, stand-in, stopgap*, sub*, expediency, fill-in, substitute agent
Antonyms: real
Main Entry: asset
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advantage
Synonyms: aid, benefit, blessing, boon, credit, distinction, help, resource, service, treasure
Antonyms: disadvantage, liability
Main Entry: device
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: instrument, tool
Synonyms: accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, utensil, Rube Goldberg invention, thingamabob, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit
Main Entry: reference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: remark, citation
Synonyms: allusion, connecting, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, quotation, resource, source, advertence, associating, attributing, bringing up, indicating, pointing out, relating, stating
Main Entry: beginning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: origin, cause
Synonyms: antecedent, birth, conception, egg, embryo, font, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, heart, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well, fount
Antonyms: conclusion, outcome, result
Main Entry: facility
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: convenience
Synonyms: accommodation, advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, comfort, equipment, fitting, material, means, opportunity, resource, tool
Antonyms: difficulty, hardness
Main Entry: resort
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alternative, recourse
Synonyms: chance, course, device, expedient, hope, makeshift, opportunity, possibility, reference, refuge, relief, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, surrogate, expediency
Main Entry: shift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trick, stratagem
Synonyms: artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, move, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap*, strategy, substitute, subterfuge, wile, expediency
Main Entry: measure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: preventive or institutive action
Synonyms: act, action, agency, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap*, strategem, bounds
Antonyms: ignorance, inaction
Main Entry: asset(s)
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: property or money possessed
Synonyms: ace in the hole*, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty*, mattress, means, nest egg*, nut*, rainy day, resources, riches, sock*, stake, stuff, wealth, ace up sleeve, possessions, reserve(s), something put aside, something put away, stash, valuables
Antonyms: liability
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