FOUNTAINS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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fountains

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fountain

as in spouts

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Noun

Studies show that cooling towers and other warm, wet environments like hot tubs, spas, fountains and some plumbing systems are particularly vulnerable to Legionella bacteria. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Imagine one over Italy’s Mount Etna during a strombolian eruption or in Hawaii with Kilauea’s fountains in the foreground. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026 In London, families can cool off in the courtyard fountains of Somerset House or at Granary Square in Kings Cross. — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026 From the stage set up in center field in front of the stadium’s fountains, Jelly delivered his customary come-to-Jesus speech. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026 The president has worked with the Interior Department and one of its agencies, the National Park Service, to restart dormant park fountains. — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 The park also features large reflecting pools, rustic furnishings, fountains, urns, statuary, artificial ponds for fish and foul, a deer park, orchards, fields and more. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 Still, the pyrotechnics are coordinated with the fountains, particularly in the blazing-white finale, which is dense enough to practically obscure the sight of the hotel. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026 Enjoy your breakfast in Jardim de Parada, a lush village square of fountains, playgrounds, and benches shaded by century-old trees. — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountains

Noun

The Times, citing anonymous sources, reported the switch had come at the urging of the Secret Service, and that the newer plane lacked some of the advanced security features of the older aircraft, including antimissile capabilities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of sources

Verb

Trish coined the nickname, which is funny because Cannon never spouts off.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025

Definition of spouts

Verb

Trump has made clear his disdain for NATO, his affection for Putin, gushes over autocrats, and withholds military support for Ukraine.

— Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
Your journey ends at Millard Canyon Falls, a gorgeous 50(ish)-foot waterfall that gushes past massive boulders perched at the top of the cascade.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of gushes

Noun

According to Max Power, the wells are expected to evaluate hydrogen flow rates, pressure behavior, gas continuity, concentrations, deliverability, and the overall scalability of the underground system.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Disinfecting live wells and bilges with a bleach solution (one-half cup bleach to 5 gallons of water).

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of wells

Noun

The Luiseño Indigenous people bathed in the springs’ mineral waters since time immemorial, and one of the site’s first owners, Fritz Guenther, built a bathhouse and a couple of cottages there in 1902—essentially, the area’s first wellness resort.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Dietz missed nearly all of the last two seasons — springs and summers — while recovering from a stress fracture in his elbow.

— Keith Law, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of springs

Verb

The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.

— Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026

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