wellspring

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: well=spring

CIDE DICTIONARY

wellspring, n. 

 A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.  [1913 Webster]
"Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

wellspring

bonanza, cornucopia, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, gold mine, headspring, headstream, headwater, inception, lode, mainspring, mine, origin, provenance, provenience, quarry, resource, riverhead, root, source, source of supply, spring, springhead, staple, vein, well, wellhead

ROGET THESAURUS

wellspring

Store

N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.