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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (noun) source

Synonyms: source Definition: a facility where something is available

Hypernyms: facility, installation Definition: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry Usage: the assembly plant is an enormous facility

Synonyms: germ, source, seed Definition: anything that provides inspiration for later work

Hypernyms: inspiration Definition: arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

Synonyms: source Definition: a document (or organization) from which information is obtained Usage: the reporter had two sources for the story

Hypernyms: papers, written document, document Definition: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

Synonyms: reference, source Definition: a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to Usage: he carried an armful of references back to his desk; he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

Hypernyms: publication Definition: a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

Synonyms: root, rootage, source, beginning, origin Definition: the place where something begins, where it springs into being Usage: the Italian beginning of the Renaissance; Jupiter was the origin of the radiation; Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River; communism's Russian root

Hypernyms: point Definition: the precise location of something; a spatially limited location Usage: she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street

Synonyms: reservoir, source Definition: anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies Usage: an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival

Hypernyms: thing Definition: a separate and self-contained entity

Synonyms: generator, source, author Definition: someone who originates or causes or initiates something Usage: he was the generator of several complaints

Hypernyms: maker, shaper Definition: a person who makes things

Synonyms: informant, source Definition: a person who supplies information

Hypernyms: communicator Definition: a person who communicates with others

Synonyms: source Definition: (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system Usage: a heat source; a source of carbon dioxide

Hypernyms: natural action, natural process, action, activity Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity

Synonyms for (verb) source

Synonyms: source Definition: specify the origin of Usage: The writer carefully sourced her report

Hypernyms: document Definition: support or supply with references Usage: Can you document your claims?

Synonyms: source Definition: get (a product) from another country or business Usage: She sourced a supply of carpet; They are sourcing from smaller companies

Hypernyms: obtain Definition: come into possession of Usage: How did you obtain the visa?