fountainhead

Noun

Meaning

an abundant source

the source of water from which a stream arises

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

well wellspring genesis foundation beginning source head fountain origin spring root birthplace cradle fount headspring
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Antonyms

death end close vertex discontinuance ending
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Hypernyms

beginning source origin root rootage

Examples

Money is therefore not only the object but also the fountainhead of greed. Karl Marx

I tend to really be partial to Ayn Rand, and to The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Clarence Thomas

I have discovered only two writers whom I can take all the way, or at least nearly so; and those are Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Wolfe. I think Hemingway is confused on lots of things, just as I think the Fountainhead was confused; but I also think both are magnificently right in many things.) James Jones

The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead. Vince Vaughn

Water is muddy at the fountainhead. Persian Proverb

If the fountainhead is clear, the stream will be clear. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fountaineer fountaingrass Fountainhall fountainless fountainlet fountainlike