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

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

Wall fountains make a bold statement in any outdoor space while remaining subtle and elegant. — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

Its salons, gardens, and fountains are fine examples of traditional Moroccan architecture, and the café pays tribute to this with its fretwork screens, palm trees in elaborate jardinières, and checkered flooring. — Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026

On land, a volcanic eruption is dramatic—columns of ash, fountains of lava, a complete remaking of the terrain. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026

And the animals have to stay away from fountains and off the escalators. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Also, immerse yourself in daily Detroit life at Grand Circus Park just across the street, where fountains, gardens, and a dog park in the shadow of the Tigers’ stadium draw locals. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026

As urban areas grew in Colorado, more ponds and lakes provided unfrozen water, some aided by fountains. — Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Across a fenced, xeriscaped courtyard with fountains is the two-bedroom main home, which has an open living area and a kitchen with a granite peninsula and sliders to the back. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026