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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'origin'
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1. (noun) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Synonyms: extraction , start , get-go , showtime , seed , parentage , ascendent , base , pedigree , offset , tooth root , reference , theme , ascendant , informant , root system , rootage , first , etymon , germ , radical , root , kickoff , descent , stemma , source , ancestor , inception , antecedent , stock , origination , author , lineage , reservoir , origin , line , outset , line of descent , stem , root word , starting time , bloodline , generator , solution , ancestry , beginning , commencement , blood , blood line
2. (noun) origin, descent, extraction
properties attributable to your ancestry
Synonyms: fall , rootage , parentage , declination , lineage , downslope , root , declension , stock , ancestry , stemma , descent , blood , extraction , decline , declivity , origin , inception , line of descent , line , blood line , pedigree , source , bloodline , origination , filiation , beginning
3. (noun) origin, origination, inception
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
Synonyms: rootage , innovation , parentage , instauration , lineage , introduction , root , stock , creation , ancestry , founding , stemma , descent , blood , extraction , origin , inception , line of descent , line , blood line , pedigree , source , initiation , bloodline , origination , foundation , beginning , institution
4. (noun) origin
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
Synonyms: rootage , parentage , lineage , root , stock , ancestry , stemma , descent , blood , extraction , inception , line of descent , line , blood line , pedigree , source , bloodline , origination , beginning
5. (noun) origin
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
Synonyms: rootage , parentage , lineage , root , stock , ancestry , stemma , descent , blood , extraction , inception , line of descent , line , blood line , pedigree , source , bloodline , origination , beginning
6. (noun) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
the descendants of one individual
Synonyms: personal credit line , inception , cable , business , billet , stemma , origination , rakehell , store , beginning , ancestry , filiation , roue , agate line , lineage , crinkle , stock , telephone circuit , declivity , farm animal , linage , seam , inventory , bloodline , root , course , crease , melodic line , air , channel , short letter , production line , job , occupation , assembly line , parenthood , contrast , downslope , gillyflower , birth , product line , livestock , line of work , blood , bank line , line of merchandise , personal line of credit , rake , melody , decline , derivation , strain , neckcloth , dividing line , rootage , transmission line , breed , ocellus , gunstock , line of descent , argumentation , profligate , logical argument , phone line , furrow , rail line , parentage , wrinkle , descent , blood line , melodic phrase , fund , rip , line of business , pedigree , extraction , declination , pipeline , line of credit , line , business line , railway line , demarcation , subscriber line , line of products , origin , stock certificate , fall , communication channel , caudex , telephone line , credit line , declension , source , broth , line of reasoning , tune , note , simple eye , argument
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'origin'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. origin
The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while
Synonyms: beginning , arising , inauguration , origin , source , commencement , inception , outset , spring , fount , initiation , rise , start , fountain , opening
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