| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source, often of liquid |
| Synonyms: | bubbler, cause, font, fount, geyser, gush, inception, inspiration, jet, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, play, provenance, provenience, pump, reservoir, root, spout, spray, spring, stream, well, wellhead, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something falling, especially water |
| Synonyms: | avalanche, cataract, chute, deluge, downrush, falls, flood, force, fountain, outpouring, precipitation, rapids, shower, spout, torrent, watercourse, waterfall |
| Main Entry: | cradle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | early childhood; origins |
| Synonyms: | babyhood, beginning, birthplace, fount, fountain, fountainhead, infancy, nativity, nursery, origin, source, spring, ultimate cause, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | font |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source |
| Synonyms: | fount, fountain, genesis, origin, root, seed, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | fountainhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal source; person who originates |
| Synonyms: | administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | inception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, provenience, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, gush of substance |
| Synonyms: | flow, fountain, spout, spray, spring, spritz, spurt, squirt, stream |
| Main Entry: | mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deposit, supply |
| Synonyms: | abundance, bed, bonanza, ditch, excavation, field, fount, fountain, fund, gold mine, hoard, lode, pit, quarry, reserve, shaft, source, spring, stock, store, treasure trove, treasury, trench, vein, wealth, well, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | oasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spring |
| Synonyms: | fountain, watering hole, well, wellspring |