resource

resource

noun

Definition of RESOURCE

1

something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available <we used every possible resource to raise the funds needed to save our town's oldest house>

Synonyms expedient, recourse, resort

Related Words hope, opportunity, possibility, relief; makeshift, replacement, stopgap, substitute

2

resources pl  available money <do you have the resources to buy a new car or even a used car?>

Synonyms bankroll, coffers, exchequer, finances, pocket, resources, wherewithal

Related Words shirt; bread [slang], cash, chips, currency, dough, gold, jack [slang], legal tender, lucre, pelf, scratch [slang], tender, wampum; assets, capital, deep pockets, fortune, means, opulence, riches, roll, substance, wealth; purse, treasury; cash flow; financing

Near Antonyms debts, liabilities; indebtedness