wellspring | Definition of wellspring

Synonyms and Antonyms of wellspring

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

the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest

Synonyms of wellspring

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

Words Related to wellspring

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 an abundant source

a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town

Synonyms of wellspring

argosy, cornucopia, gold mine, mine, mother lode, treasure trove

Words Related to wellspring

armory, repository, stockpot, store, storehouse, treasure-house

cache, hoard, stash

bonanza, Golconda, gravy train, honeypot

Near Antonyms of wellspring

black hole, sinkhole