Synonyms of fountainhead

fountainhead

noun

1

as in source

a point or place at which something is invented or provided

historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• source
• cradle
• fountain
• origin
• wellspring
• spring
• well
• root
• font
• commencement
• beginning
• seedbed
• genesis
• inception
• start
• incipiency
• nascence
• day one
• incipience
• nascency
• outset
• dawn
• launch
• onset
• threshold
• kickoff
• baseline
• git-go
• ground zero
• morning
• square one
• first base
• get-go

2

as in origin

the source from which something grows or develops

a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• origin
• root
• beginning
• germ
• genesis
• seed
• start
• fountain
• origination
• wellspring
• inception
• well
• seedbed
• font
• commencement
• spring
• launch
• outset
• dawn
• onset
• creation
• birth
• incipiency
• wellhead
• inauguration
• threshold
• morning

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