WELLSPRINGS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

wellsprings

noun

plural of wellspring

as in sources

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

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as in repositories

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

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Recent Examples of wellsprings Her works draw upon wellsprings of both textile history and technical innovation. — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

But Netanyahu’s government wanted the existing framework kept intact, according to multiple sources who spoke to TIME, including an Israeli official and an international diplomat.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Russia's Ryazan oil refinery has suspended operations at a primary crude distillation unit after a drone attack in the region on Thursday, two industry sources told Reuters.

— Arathy Somasekhar Reuters, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of sources

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That's more in line with tasks that use multipage documents, code repositories, or scientific datasets.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Now, agents remove that constraint by searching across repositories and pulling relevant data into the workflow on the user’s behalf.

— Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of repositories

Noun

China has acquired major gold mines across Latin America, Africa and Asia, according to S&P Global Ratings.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Its purpose was to serve the silver and gold mines of the San Juan Mountains, but almost immediately the road also began to attract tourists.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of gold mines

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For anyone who spends a lot of time online, the series’s AI origins are hard to miss.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
This team considered the origins of this star using a model of the Milky Way that has been rapidly enriched with elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, which astronomers call metals, via the death of the first generation of stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of origins

Noun

The impoverished Reds work as slave labor in the mines of Mars, while the super-strong Golds rule the solar system and war on each other.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
For example, largely because of the environmental disaster that is Weikuang Dam, the country doesn’t permit the development or operation of stand-alone monazite mines—that is, mines where nothing is mined except monazite ore.

— Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

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