fountainhead

foun·tain·head

noun \-ˌhed\

Definition of FOUNTAINHEAD

1

: a spring that is the source of a stream

2

: principal source : origin

Examples of FOUNTAINHEAD

1. the fountainhead of the faith
2. <historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age>

First Known Use of FOUNTAINHEAD

1585

Related to FOUNTAINHEAD

Synonyms: cradle, font, fountain, source, origin, root, seedbed, spring, well, wellspring

Related Words: 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

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Rhymes with FOUNTAINHEAD

acidhead, aforesaid, arrowhead, barrelhead, bubblehead, bufflehead, butterhead, chowderhead, chucklehead, colorbred, copperhead, Diamond Head, dragonhead, dunderhead, featherbed, featherhead, fiddlehead, figurehead, get ahead, gingerbread, go-ahead, hammerhead, head-to-head, Holinshed, infrared, Java Head, knucklehead, letterhead, Lizard Head, loggerhead, lowlihead, maidenhead, Marblehead, metalhead, newlywed, overhead, overspread, pinniped, pointy-head, poppyhead, quadruped, riverbed, running head, saddlebred, Saint John's bread, Samoyed, scratch one's head, showerhead, sleepyhead, slugabed, soda bread, standardbred, straight-ahead, talking head, thoroughbred, thunderhead, timberhead, turn one's head, turtlehead, underbred, watershed, woodenhead