Synonyms for source

noun

• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
• someone who originates or causes or initiates something
• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
• the place where something begins, where it springs into being
• anything that provides inspiration for later work
• a person who supplies information
• a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
• a facility where something is available
• (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

verb

• get (a product) from another country or business
• specify the origin of