source | Definition of source

Synonyms and Antonyms of source

1 a point or place at which something is invented or provided

we were uncertain as to the source of the rumors

a source of inspiration

Synonyms of source

cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, seedbed, spring, well, wellspring

Words Related to source

beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold

baseline, first base, ground zero, square one

2 the beginning part of a stream

19th-century explorers who sought the source of the Nile

Synonyms of source

head, headstream, headwater

Words Related to source

fountain, fountainhead, geyser, headspring, hot spring, spring, wellspring

branch, feeder, tributary

3 something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information

the professor asked the students to have at least five different sources for their papers

Synonyms of source

authority, reference

Words Related to source

citation, excerpt, extract, quotation

caption, cross-reference, footnote, note