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| Main Entry: | source |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning; point of supply |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, author, authority, authorship, begetter, birthplace, cause, commencement, connection, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, expert, father, fount, fountain, fountainhead, horse's mouth, inception, informant, maternity, mother, onset, opening, origin, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rise, rising, root, specialist, spring, start, starting point, wellspring |
| Antonyms: | effect, end, result |
| Main Entry: | ancestry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family predecessors; family history |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, pedigree, precursor, progenitor, race, source, stock, antecessor, foregoer, foremother, parentage, primogenitor |
| Main Entry: | etymology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | word history |
| Synonyms: | derivation, development, origin, root, source, etymon, phrase history, phrase origin, word history, word origin |
| Notes: | entomology is the study of insects while etymology is the study of the sources and development of words |
| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repository, reserve |
| Synonyms: | armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty*, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, creation |
| Synonyms: | alpha, birth, commencement, dawn, formation, generation, inception, opening, origin, outset, propagation, provenance, root, source, start, dawning, engendering, provenience |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale, finish |
| Main Entry: | inception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring, provenience |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | informant/informer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who delivers news |
| Synonyms: | accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth*, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, preacher, propagandist, rat*, reporter, sneak, source, stool pigeon*, tattletale, canary*, crier, deep throat, double-crosser, newscaster/newsperson, notifier, tattler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | keynote/keystone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, theme |
| Synonyms: | basis, center, core, cornerstone, criterion, crux, gist, heart, idea, kernel, marrow, measure, motive, nub, pith, principle, root, source, spring, standard, substance, basic idea, linchpin, mainspring |
| Main Entry: | matrix |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something from which another originates |
| Synonyms: | cast, forge, form, grid, model, mold, origin, pattern, source, womb |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deposit, supply |
| Synonyms: | abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, field, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring, fount, treasure trove |
| Main Entry: | mother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | female person who has borne children |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, creator, forebearer, mom*, origin, parent, predecessor, progenitor, source, child-bearer, mommy, procreator |
| Antonyms: | father |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | origination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin |
| Synonyms: | beginning, birth, commencement, conception, creation, dawn, discovery, genesis, innovation, introduction, launch, source, start, dawning, starting point |
| Main Entry: | parent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, source of product |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, architect, author, cause, center, creator, father, folks, forerunner, fountainhead, guardian, mother, origin, originator, progenitor, prototype, root, source, wellspring, begetter, procreator |
| Antonyms: | child |
| Main Entry: | rat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | betrayer, blabbermouth*, fink, informant, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stool pigeon*, tattletale, turncoat, backstabber, canary*, deep throat, double-crosser, stoolie, tattler, whistle-blower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reservoir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, repository |
| Synonyms: | backlog, basin, cistern, container, fund, lake, nest egg*, pond, pool, receptacle, reserve, source, spring, stock, stockpile, storage, store, supply, tank, holder, tarn |
| Antonyms: | nothingness, zilch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | root |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, core |
| Synonyms: | basis, bedrock, bottom, cause, center, crux, derivation, essence, footing, foundation, fountain, fountainhead, fundamental, germ, ground, groundwork, heart, inception, infrastructure, marrow, motive, nub, nucleus, occasion, origin, pith, provenance, quick, quintessence, reason, rock bottom*, seat, seed, soul, source, stem, stuff, substance, tuber, underpinning, well, beginnings, essentiality, mainspring, provenience, radicle, radix, rhizome, starting point, substratum |
| Antonyms: | derivation, derivative, sprout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer |
| Synonyms: | betrayer, blabbermouth*, fink*, informant, rat*, sneak, source, squealer*, stool pigeon*, tattletale, turncoat, weasel*, canary*, deep throat, double-crosser, narc, nark, snitcher, stoolie, tattler, tipster*, whistle-blower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stockpile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, buildup, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, source, stock, store, surplus, stash |
| Main Entry: | stool pigeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | informer to police |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, betrayer, blabbermouth*, decoy, fink*, fink, informant, informer, plant, rat*, rat, sneak, snitch, source, spy, squealer*, squealer, tattletale, turncoat, weasel*, canary*, deep throat, double-crosser, narc, narc, nark, nark, police informer, rat fink, shill, snitcher, stoolie, stoolie, tattler, tipster*, whistle-blower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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