| Main Entry: | wellspring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fountain |
Synonyms: |
aquifer, beginning, fountainhead, origin, root, source |
| Main Entry: | cradle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | early childhood; origins |
Synonyms: |
babyhood, beginning, birthplace, fount, fountain, fountainhead, infancy, nativity, nursery, origin, source, spring, ultimate cause, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | derivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | root, source |
Synonyms: |
ancestry, basis, beginning, descent, etymology, foundation, genealogy, inception, origin, provenance, provenience, spin-off, well, wellspring, whence it came |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, consequence, effect, end, outgrowth, result |
| Main Entry: | font |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source |
Synonyms: |
fount, fountain, genesis, origin, root, seed, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | fountain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source, often of liquid |
Synonyms: |
bubbler, cause, font, fount, geyser, gush, inception, inspiration, jet, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, play, provenance, provenience, pump, reservoir, root, spout, spray, spring, stream, well, wellhead, wellspring |
| 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: | inception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, provenience, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deposit, supply |
Synonyms: |
abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, field, fount, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasure trove, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | oasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spring |
Synonyms: |
fountain, watering hole, well, wellspring |
| 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 |