fountainheads
Springs of rivers
Fountainheads are primary sources or origins—the points from which something flows.
The image is of a spring where water first emerges from the ground.
The word typically describes sources of ideas, movements, or influences: Athens was the fountainhead of Western philosophy.
Plural of fountainhead.
Points of origin
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- wellspringsNatural water sources
- birthplacesWhere someone was born
- beginningsInitial stages of something
roots · genesis · inception · starting points · cradles · seeds · origins · dawns
Objectivist movement founder
- objectivismBelief in external truths
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- innovationCreating something original
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
creators · originators · architects · independence · self-reliance · genius · prime movers · trailblazers
First to explore territory
- innovatorsCreators of novel things
- foundersThose who begin institutions
- originatorsThose who create first
- trailblazersThose who open territory
progenitors · architects · instigators · initiators · masterminds · catalysts · vanguards · pathfinders
sources
Points of origin
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- wellspringsNatural water sources
- birthplacesWhere someone was born
beginnings · roots · genesis · inception · starting points · cradles · seeds · origins · dawns · emergence
Ayn Rand
Objectivist movement founder
- objectivismBelief in external truths
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- innovationCreating something original
visionaries · creators · originators · architects · independence · self-reliance · genius · prime movers · trailblazers · idealism
pioneers
First to explore territory
- innovatorsCreators of novel things
- foundersThose who begin institutions
- originatorsThose who create first
trailblazers · progenitors · architects · instigators · initiators · masterminds · catalysts · vanguards · pathfinders · groundbreakers
- Baroque sculpturemarble sculptures, putti, saints, dynamic poses
fountainheadsmouths
Oral cavities, plural
deltas · estuaries · outlets · termini · river mouths
fountainheadsendpoints
Where something begins and finishes
terminations · end points · termini · conclusions · destinations
fountainheadsimitators
Those who replicate others
followers · derivatives · copiers · plagiarists · copycats