Source definition

Source as a noun

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"

   Same sense: beginning, origin, root, rootage

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

   "the reporter had two sources for the story"

3. anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Same sense: seed, germ

4. a facility where something is available

5. a person who supplies information

   Same sense: informant

6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   Same sense: author, generator

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

   "a heat source"

8. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

   Same sense: reservoir

9. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

   "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"

   Same sense: reference

Source as a verb

10. get (a product) from another country or business

    "She sourced a supply of carpet"

11. specify the origin of

    "The writer carefully sourced her report"

Synonyms and antonyms

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

Opposite: sink.

How to say source

Source has 1 syllable and rhymes with course. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with source

• course
• force
• horse
• divorce
• enforce
• workforce
• reinforce
• endorse
• morse
• remorse
• coarse
• concourse

SOURCE in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

10

Anagrams

3

Is SOURCE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SOURCE in the word checker, or unscramble SOURCE to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.