well

well

noun

Definition of WELL

1

a point or place at which something is invented or provided <his quirkily dysfunctional family proved to be a bottomless well of inspiration for the novelist>

Synonyms cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, 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

2

a small often deep body of water <the spot where the spring bubbles up to the surface and forms a deep well>

Synonyms billabong [Australian], mere [chiefly British], puddle, stank [British dialect], well

Related Words basin, hole, sinkhole; swimming pool; lake, pond, water hole