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单词 fountainhead
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Examples of 'fountainhead' in a sentence
fountainhead

`I understand,' the companion at his side interrupted, `as the fountainhead yourself, you had no individual experience of it and yet-- '

Synonyms of 'fountainhead'

source, well, spring, origin
More Synonyms of fountainhead
(noun) 
Definition
a principal or original source
Synonyms
source
the source of the Tiber
well
I had to fetch water from the well.
spring
the hidden springs of consciousness
origin
theories about the origin of life
inspiration
fount
wellspring
Nature has always been the wellspring of her art.
mainspring
Music has always been the mainspring of my life.
fons et origo (Latin)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of mainspring
Definition
the chief cause or motive of something
Music has always been the mainspring of my life.
Synonyms
cause,
inspiration,
motivation,
source,
origin,
incentive,
motive,
impulse,
driving force,
prime mover
in the sense of origin
Definition
the point, source, or event from which something develops
theories about the origin of life
Synonyms
beginning,
start,
birth,
source,
launch,
foundation,
creation,
dawning,
early stages,
emergence,
outset,
starting point,
onset,
genesis,
initiation,
inauguration,
inception,
font (poetic),
commencement,
fountain,
fount,
origination,
fountainhead,
mainspring
in the sense of spring
the hidden springs of consciousness
Synonyms
source,
root,
origin,
well,
beginning,
cause,
fount,
fountainhead,
wellspring

Nearby words of
fountainhead

  • founder
  • foundling
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • four
  • four-square
  • fowl

Synonyms of 'fountainhead'

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