Synonyms for fountain
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fount — A natural source of water; a spring
wellspring, fountainhead, source, font, well, sike, fount formal dated
2. Spring
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A natural source of water; a spring.
- n. 2
An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
His house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- fountains → wellsprings, fountainheads, sources, fonts…
Example sentences
- fountainhead We came upon a fountainhead and filled up the water bottles.
- outflow Engineers monitored the outflow from the dam to prevent flooding downstream.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fountain | rising | |
| wellspring | rising | |
| fountainhead | falling | |
| sike | falling | |
| outflow | falling | |
| outpouring | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- jet1
- 4 letters
- well1, font1, sike
- 5 letters
- fount
- 6 letters
- source1, spring1, origin3
- 7 letters
- outflow2
- 10 letters
- derivation4, outpouring3, wellspring2
- 12 letters
- fountainhead
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (origin3 = 3 syllables).