source

source is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
2. noun. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.
3. noun. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.
4. noun. a facility where something is available
5. noun. anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Synonyms: germ, seed

6. noun. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

   "the reporter had two sources for the story"

7. 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"

   Synonyms: reference

8. noun. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"

   "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"

   Synonyms: beginning, origin, root, rootage

9. 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"

   Synonyms: reservoir

10. noun. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

    "he was the generator of several complaints"

    Synonyms: author, generator

11. noun. a person who supplies information

    Synonyms: informant

12. noun. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

    "a heat source"

    "a source of carbon dioxide"

13. verb. specify the origin of

    "The writer carefully sourced her report"

14. verb. get (a product) from another country or business

    "She sourced a supply of carpet"

    "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

Synonyms

germ, seed, reference, beginning, origin, root, rootage, reservoir, author, generator, informant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in source:

cerous, course, crouse

Common word forms

sourced, sources, sourcing, sourceful, sourceless

Words from these letters

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