Source synonyms
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origin (related)
The fact of originating; rise or derivation:
connect (related)
An acquaintance who is in a position to help
A source, beginning, or motive:
The definition of a parent is a mother or father.
(Art) The history of ownership of a work of art
The definition of an authorization is something that allows an action or event or an act of allowing some action or event to happen.
(Short for) mother of vinegar
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One that initiates or dispenses; a source:
(Med.) A person who may have caught a disease from an infected person
source material
A person or work supplying information
The definition of a reservoir is place where a supply of something is collected, especially water.
The cause or origin of a disease or disorder as determined by medical diagnosis.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
Derivation is defined as something that is inspired by another source, or to the origin of something.
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(Archaeology) Source; origin.
The close ties one has with some place or people as through birth, upbringing, long and sympathetic association, etc.
A plant onto which another is grafted as a new top
Well is a wish of good fortune.
An established communications or transportation link.
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start (related)
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
A basis for an action or response; a reason:
A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery, especially one who is certified by a board of physicians:
reference (related)
Legal proceedings conducted before or by a referee.
Any flat deposit of valuable ore separated from the adjoining rock by definite boundaries
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Being the first or earliest of something and later recognized as having been of primary influence
An antecedent is a part of your life that happened in the past.
The works of an author or authors.
Power assigned to another; authorization:
A list of the works of a specific author or publisher.
(Idiomatic) An occupation or any lucrative endeavor that generates considerable income whilst requiring little effort and carrying little risk.
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The headstreams and the beginning of a large stream or river
The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.
A beginning, or first stage
A person who gives, or serves as a source of, information
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
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springhead
(Figuratively) A source.
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A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource.
end (antonym)
The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
That from which something can develop or grow; basis
sources (related)
repository (related)
resource (related)
(Programming) A subordinate piece of code which, given some initial parameters will generate multiple output values on request.
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(Topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
Origin or establishment:
extract (related)
bibliographic (related)
material (related)
effect (antonym)
Production of a desired impression:
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Find another word for source. In this page you can discover 58 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for source, like: origin, connect, spring, parent, provenance, authorization, mother, fount, contact, source material and reservoir.