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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the source of water for a well [syn: wellhead, wellspring]
2: an abundant source; "she was a well of information" [syn: well, wellspring, fountainhead]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: before 12th century a source of continual supply <a wellspring of information>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wellspring Well"spring`, n. A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply. Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. --Prov. xvi. 22.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

wel'-spring (maqor): Usually "spring" or "fountain" (figuratively), translated "wellspring" only in two passages: "Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it" (Pr 16:22); "The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook" (Pr 18:4). See Burroughs, Pepacton, p. 35; WELL.

Moby Thesaurus

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