All mainspring synonyms

noun mainspring

• incitement — the act of inciting.
• consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
• beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
• antecedent — An antecedent of something happened or existed before it and was similar to it in some way.
• account — If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
• aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
• leaven — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
• occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
• maker — a person or thing that makes.
• grounds — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
• causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
• determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
• base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
• anchor — An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
• mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• font — a complete assortment of type of one style and size.
• wellspring — the head or source of a spring, stream, river, etc.; fountainhead.
• jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
• provenance — place or source of origin: The provenance of the ancient manuscript has never been determined.
• pump — a lightweight, low-cut shoe without fastenings for women.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• lode — a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
• spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
• inception — beginning; start; commencement.
• inspiration — an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.
• fount — font2 .
• spout — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
• well — in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well.
• gush — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
• provenience — provenance; origin; source.
• wellhead — a fountainhead; source.
• bubbler — a drinking fountain in which the water is forced in a stream from a small vertical nozzle
• thinking — of or relating to thinking or thought.
• drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
• incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
• stimulus — something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
• agent — A chemical that has a particular effect or is used for a particular purpose can be referred to as a particular kind of agent.
• seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
• roots — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
• parentage — derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
• generator — a machine that converts one form of energy into another, especially mechanical energy into electrical energy, as a dynamo, or electrical energy into sound, as an acoustic generator.
• germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
• fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
• progenitor — a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
• stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
• parent — a father or a mother.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.