wellspring

well·spring

noun \-ˌspriŋ\

Definition of WELLSPRING

: a source of continual supply <a wellspring of information>

Examples of WELLSPRING

1. The tour guide was a wellspring of information.
2. <the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest>

First Known Use of WELLSPRING

before 12th century

Related to WELLSPRING

Synonyms

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

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

Near Antonyms

black hole, sinkhole

Rhymes with WELLSPRING

Anqing, backswing, Baoding, bedspring, Beijing, bi-swing, bitewing, bowstring, bullring, Chongqing, clearwing, downswing, drawstring, D ring, earring, first-string, forewing, G-string, greenwing, growth ring, hairspring, hamstring, handspring, headspring, heartstring, hind wing, hot spring, Kunming, lacewing, lapwing, latchstring, left-wing, mainspring, Nanjing, Nan Ling, Nanning, O-ring, offspring, plaything, redwing, right-wing, seal ring, shoestring, slip ring, sure thing, unsling, unstring, upspring, upswing, waxwing, whitewing, wingding, Xining