· the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

Synonym(s): beginning, origin, root, rootage

Hypernym(s): point

· a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"

Hypernym(s): document, written_document, papers

· anything that provides inspiration for later work

Synonym(s): seed, germ

Hypernym(s): inspiration

· a facility where something is available

Hypernym(s): facility, installation

· a person who supplies information

Synonym(s): informant

Hypernym(s): communicator

· someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"

Synonym(s): generator, author

Hypernym(s): maker, shaper

· (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"

Hypernym(s): natural_process, natural_action, action, activity

Antonym(s): sink

· anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

Synonym(s): reservoir

Hypernym(s): thing

· a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

Synonym(s): reference

Hypernym(s): publication

· get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

Hypernym(s): obtain

· specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"

Hypernym(s): document