Synonyms of fountains

fountains 1 of 2

noun

plural of fountain

as in sources

a point or place at which something is invented or provided

regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sources
• cradles
• wells
• springs
• fonts
• fountainheads
• origins
• wellsprings
• roots
• commencements
• beginnings
• seedbeds
• thresholds
• starts
• geneses
• kickoffs
• inceptions
• launches
• incipiencies
• day ones
• baselines
• outsets
• dawns
• nascencies
• mornings
• onsets
• incipiences
• nascences
• first bases
• ground zeros
• get-goes
• square ones

fountains

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fountain

as in spouts

Related Words

• spouts
• gushes
• spurts
• courses
• races
• springs
• overflows
• floods
• rushes
• cascades
• swamps
• streams
• overruns
• drips
• flows
• issues
• ripples
• sheets
• inundates
• deluges
• emanates
• engulfs
• trickles
• arises
• gutters
• dribbles
• effuses
• riffles
• pours
• disembogues
• flushes
• rolls
• washes out
• runs

Dissimilar Words

• backs up
• sets
• gels
• coagulates
• hardens
• clots
• congeals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fountains

Noun

According to the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington, blue spaces are natural or man-made outdoor settings that feature water in the form of rivers, lakes, oceans, ponds, canals or urban fountains. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Clean and flush the water in ornamental fountains, pet bowls and bird baths on a regular basis; and repair or discard containers that stay outside and might normally collect water. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Most fans want a Crown Vision board and fountains to be part of any new Royals stadium. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

These networks supplied homes, fountains, baths, and farms, making dense urban life more practical. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Birds chirp from atop the towering oak trees, and the peacefully running fountains set the tone for a serenity that'll carry through your weekend. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

The fountains in the square were not turned on, and were instead surrounded by barriers, because Britain is in drought at the moment. — Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026

Totality also brought glimpses of pinkish-red prominences—fountains of plasma arcing above the sun’s surface, dancing at the moon’s edge. — Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

The water district has been paying residents to rip out their thirsty grass and replace it with landscaping or trees, banned most new commercial fountains and water features, and limited the amount of water golf courses may use. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026