Synonyms for reservoir
ˈrɛz ərˌvwɑr, -ˌvwɔr, -ˌvɔr, ˈrɛz ə-reser·voir

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1. reservoirnoun

   a large or extra supply of something

   "a reservoir of talent"

   Synonyms:
   man-made lake, artificial lake, source

2. reservoir, artificial lake, man-made lakenoun

   lake used to store water for community use

   Synonyms:
   man-made lake, artificial lake, source

3. reservoirnoun

   tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)

   Synonyms:
   man-made lake, artificial lake, source

4. reservoir, sourcenoun

   anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

   "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, generator, author, informant, rootage, root, artificial lake, seed, reference, source, germ, man-made lake

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1. • Lake
   • Supply
   • Tank
   • Thing

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reservoirnoun

   Synonyms:
   basin, cistern, tank

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "reservoir":

   tank, reservoirs, container, shell, deposit, pool, tanks, warehouse, cistern, depot, bulb, repository, beaker, forebay

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1. David Malone:

   Worldwide, e-waste constitutes a valuable 'urban mine', a large potential reservoir of recyclable materials.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   The most likely explanation is a natural evolution from an animal reservoir to a human, once you say that, which I believe is the more likely, you've got to make sure you emphasize that you still keep an open mind for all possibilities, including a lab leak.

3. Carly Fiorina:

   Droughts are nothing new in California, but right now, 70 percent of California's rainfall washes out to sea because liberals have prevented theconstruction of a single new reservoir or a single new water conveyance system over decades, during a period in which California’s population has doubled, this is theclassic case of liberals being willing to sacrifice other people's lives and livelihoods at the altar of their ideology.

4. Gilad Itach:

   The structure exposed in this excavation is different from most of the previously discovered farmsteads, its orderly plan, vast area, strong walls and the impressive water reservoir hewn beneath it suggest that the site was administrative in nature and it may well have controlled the surrounding farmsteads.

5. John Gless:

   This is a very big, very expensive reservoir which we certainly wouldn't have done before.