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fountainhead

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1 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 of fountainhead

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

Words Related to fountainhead

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 the source from which something grows or develops

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

Synonyms of fountainhead

germ, origin, root, seed, seedbed

Words Related to fountainhead

font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring

beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold

creation, inauguration, origination

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