1. source - noun
· 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
2. source - noun
· a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"
Hypernym(s): document, written_document, papers
3. source - noun
· anything that provides inspiration for later work
Hypernym(s): inspiration
4. source - noun
· a facility where something is available
Hypernym(s): facility, installation
5. source - noun
· a person who supplies information
Synonym(s): informant
Hypernym(s): communicator
6. source - noun
· someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints"
7. source - noun
· (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
8. source - noun
· 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
9. source - noun
· 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
10. source - verb
· get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
Hypernym(s): obtain
11. source - verb
· specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"
Hypernym(s): document
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