WELLSPRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wellspring mean? 

• WELLSPRING (noun)
  The noun WELLSPRING has 2 senses:

1. the source of water for a well

2. an abundant source

  Familiarity information: WELLSPRING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELLSPRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The source of water for a well

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

wellhead; wellspring

Hypernyms ("wellspring" is a kind of...):

beginning; origin; root; rootage; source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An abundant source

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fountainhead; well; wellspring

Context example:

she was a well of information

Hypernyms ("wellspring" is a kind of...):

source (a document (or organization) from which information is obtained)