spring of life

Youth's renewing wellspring

Spring of life is a poetic or literary phrase for youth, vitality, or the early flourishing period of existence.

It draws on spring as the season of renewal and fresh growth: In the spring of life, everything seems possible.

The phrase appears in reflective or nostalgic contexts, often contrasting with later stages of decline.

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source · wellspring · birth · origin · new beginnings · freshness · bloom · awakening · genesis · vigor · essence · innocence · beginning · fresh start · rebirth · eternal · waters · rejuvenation

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Opposites
life stage/vitality trajectory

spring of lifewinter of life

Elderly stage, poetically

autumn of life · sunset years · death · twilight years · decay

source of vitality

spring of lifeexhaustion

State of utter depletion

depletion · void · entropy

generative force

spring of lifedeath

Cessation of life

extinction · decay · destruction · withering · entropy

Family

spring, life, springs, springing, sprang, sprung, springy, springtime, springboard

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G