Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "source" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

sink

Dbpedia Genre

game engine

Derived Terms

airmass source region broken source closed source closed-source crowd-source data source e-source energy source inner source insourcing life-source light source open source open-source orphan source outsourcing point source power source quasi-stellar radio source quasi-stellar radio-source radio source sealed source second source source configuration management source control source criticism source document source domain source language source routing source text source-available sourceless sourceness sourcing souse ur-source

Etymologically Related To

surge

Context

computing electronics engineering us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

action activity communicator document document facility inspiration installation maker natural action natural process obtain papers point publication shaper thing written document

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

crowdsource datasource primary source secondary source source code tertiary source

Type Of (IsA)

document facility inspiration natural process software

Manner Of

document obtain

Related Terms

resource target

Related Terms

acquire citation come fet field effect fountainhead informant obtain person place procure quotation resource source code spring target terminal thing transistor wellhead

Synonym Network

beginning generator informant reference reservoir wellspring

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.