generator

Main Entry:
generator [jen-uh-rey-ter]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: engine converting energy
Synonyms: alternator, dynamo
Notes: an alternator produces alternating current while a generator (or dynamo) produces direct current
Main Entry: dynamo
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: go-getter
Synonyms: achiever, ball of fire, bundle of energy, busy person, doer, eager beaver, energetic person, fireball, generator, hard worker, hot shot, live wire, mover and shaker, pistol, risk-taker, spark plug, whiz kid
Main Entry: engine
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: device that drives a machine
Synonyms: agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood
Notes: engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine
an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity
Main Entry: father/mother
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: founder, inventor
Synonyms: administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, dean, elder, encourager, generator, initiator, introducer, leader, maker, matriarch, motor, mover, organizer, originator, patriarch, patron, prime mover, promoter, promulgator, publisher, sire, sponsor, supporter
Main Entry: founder
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who establishes an institution
Synonyms: architect, author, beginner, benefactor, builder, constructor, creator, designer, establisher, forebearer, framer, generator, initiator, institutor, inventor, maker, organizer, originator, patron, planner, prime mover
Notes: founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly
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: motor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: engine
Synonyms: cylinder, diesel, generator, mechanism, piston, power train, transformer, turbine, what's under the hood
Notes: engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine
an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity
Main Entry: mover and shaker
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who makes things happen
Synonyms: VIP, achiever, affluential, catalyst, doer, enterprising person, entrepreneur, generator, go-getter, go-getter, heavy hitter, heavyweight, leader, lightning rod, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, player, player*, presence, producer, spark plug, spark plug, trailblazer, upstart, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer, whip
Main Entry: origin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cause, basis
Synonyms: agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring
Antonyms: consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result
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