SOURCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a facility where something is available
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • facility (what does facility mean?)
   • installation (what does installation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Golconda (what does Golconda mean?)
   • goldmine (what does goldmine mean?)
   • gold mine (what does gold mine mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • source (what does source mean?)
2. Meaning
   • anything that provides inspiration for later work
   Synonym(s)
   • germ (what does germ mean?)
   • seed (what does seed mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inspiration (what does inspiration mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • taproot (what does taproot mean?)
   • muse (what does muse mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evolve (what does evolve mean?)
   • germinate (what does germinate mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
   Usage Example(s)
   • the reporter had two sources for the story
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • document (what does document mean?)
   • written document (what does written document mean?)
   • papers (what does papers mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • source materials (what does source materials mean?)
   • well (what does well mean?)
   • wellspring (what does wellspring mean?)
   • fountainhead (what does fountainhead mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • source (what does source mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
   Synonym(s)
   • reference (what does reference mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he carried an armful of references back to his desk
   • he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • publication (what does publication mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • source (what does source mean?)
   • reference (what does reference mean?)
   • cite (what does cite mean?)
   • consult (what does consult mean?)
   • refer (what does refer mean?)
   • look up (what does look up mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the place where something begins, where it springs into being
   Synonym(s)
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   • origin (what does origin mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • rootage (what does rootage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • point (what does point mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • derivation (what does derivation mean?)
   • spring (what does spring mean?)
   • fountainhead (what does fountainhead mean?)
   • headspring (what does headspring mean?)
   • head (what does head mean?)
   • headwaters (what does headwaters mean?)
   • wellhead (what does wellhead mean?)
   • wellspring (what does wellspring mean?)
   • jumping-off place (what does jumping-off place mean?)
   • point of departure (what does point of departure mean?)
   • birthplace (what does birthplace mean?)
   • cradle (what does cradle mean?)
   • place of origin (what does place of origin mean?)
   • provenance (what does provenance mean?)
   • home (what does home mean?)
   • point source (what does point source mean?)
   • trail head (what does trail head mean?)
   • trailhead (what does trailhead mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • originate (what does originate mean?)
6. Meaning
   • anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
   Synonym(s)
   • reservoir (what does reservoir mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • thing (what does thing mean?)
7. Meaning
   • someone who originates or causes or initiates something
   Synonym(s)
   • author (what does author mean?)
   • generator (what does generator mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was the generator of several complaints
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • maker (what does maker mean?)
   • shaper (what does shaper mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • coiner (what does coiner mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • generate (what does generate mean?)
   • bring forth (what does bring forth mean?)
8. Meaning
   • a person who supplies information
   Synonym(s)
   • informant (what does informant mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • communicator (what does communicator mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • informer (what does informer mean?)
   • betrayer (what does betrayer mean?)
   • rat (what does rat mean?)
   • squealer (what does squealer mean?)
   • blabber (what does blabber mean?)
   • leaker (what does leaker mean?)
   • passive source (what does passive source mean?)
   • whistle blower (what does whistle blower mean?)
   • whistle-blower (what does whistle-blower mean?)
   • whistleblower (what does whistleblower mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • inform (what does inform mean?)
9. Meaning
   • (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
   Usage Example(s)
   • a heat source
   • a source of carbon dioxide
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • sink (what does sink mean?)

SOURCE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • specify the origin of
   Usage Example(s)
   • The writer carefully sourced her report
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • document (what does document mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • reference (what does reference mean?)
   • source (what does source mean?)
   • source (what does source mean?)
2. Meaning
   • get (a product) from another country or business
   Usage Example(s)
   • She sourced a supply of carpet
   • They are sourcing from smaller companies
   Hypernyms(s) source is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • obtain (what does obtain mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • outsource (what does outsource mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • source (what does source mean?)