Word

source, n.
(sources)
freq. cnt. 70

the place where something begins, where it springs into being
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

beginning origin root rootage source

sample sentences

"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
"Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
"communism's Russian root"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

derivation spring head, fountainhead, headspring headwater wellhead, wellspring jumping-off place, point of departure cradle, place of origin, provenance, birthplace, provenience home point source trail head, trailhead

anything that provides inspiration for later work
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1

germ seed source

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

germinal germinate

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

source

sample sentences

"the reporter had two sources for the story"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

papers, document, written document

hyponym

source materials fountainhead, well, wellspring

a facility where something is available
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

source

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

facility, installation

hyponym

Golconda goldmine, gold mine

a person who supplies information
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

informant source

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

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informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber leaker passive source whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower

someone who originates or causes or initiates something
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

author generator source

sample sentences

"he was the generator of several complaints"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

auctorial authorship

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
<noun.communication>

reference source

sample sentences

"he carried an armful of references back to his desk"
"he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reference refer

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semantic pointers

hypernym

anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
<noun.object>

reservoir source

sample sentences

"an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

semantic pointers

hypernym

(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
<noun.process>

source

sample sentences

"a heat source"
"a source of carbon dioxide"

lexical pointers

antonym

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

engineering, technology, engineering science, applied science

hypernym

action, natural process, natural action, activity

hyponym