Synonyms of wellspring

wellspring

noun

ˈwel-ˌspriŋ 

1

as in source

a point or place at which something is invented or provided

the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in repository

an abundant source

a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repository
• gold mine
• mine
• cornucopia
• treasure trove
• storehouse
• mother lode
• treasure-house
• argosy
• stash
• armory
• hoard
• stockpot
• store
• cache
• bonanza
• gravy train
• Golconda
• honeypot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• black hole
• sinkhole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wellspring

This becomes the wellspring of the book. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

No one has to tell Adams about the economic hurdles that nonprofit theaters, the wellspring of new plays in America, are confronting. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Shriver’s many strange enthusiasms have provided her with a wellspring of ideas, which in the past have produced highly topical novels—about school massacres, obesity, religion, and, yes, the national debt. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026

Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin, two ambitious rappers who’d become Kid ‘N Play, had jobs there too, making the call center a wellspring for some of the most commercial hip-hop of the era. — Andy Greene, VIBE.com, 9 Feb. 2026