Synonyms for resource
ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs; rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrsre·source

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1. resource

   A choice may be among many things; an alternative is in the strictest sense a choice between two things; oftener it is one of two things between which a choice is to be made, and either of which is the alternative of the other; as, the alternative of surrender is death; or the two things between which there is a choice may be called the alternatives; both Mill and Gladstone are quoted as extending the meaning of alternative to include several particulars, Gladstone even speaking of "the fourth and last of these alternatives." Option is the right or privilege of choosing; choice may be either the right to choose, the act of choosing, or the thing chosen. A person of ability and readiness will commonly have many resources. Pick, from the Saxon, and election, from the Latin, picture the objects before one, with freedom and power to choose which he will; as, there were twelve horses, among which I could take my pick. A choice, pick, election, or preference is that which suits one best; an alternative is that to which one is restricted; a resource, that to which one is glad to betake oneself.

   Synonyms:
   alternative, choice, election, option, pick, preference

   Antonyms:
   compulsion, necessity

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1. resource

   Synonyms:
   material, means, productions, supplies, expedients, contrivance, wealth, riches, device

   Antonyms:
   destitution, barrenness, inanition, exhaustion, lack, drain, nonplus, poverty, sterility

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1. Resourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   Expedient, resort, means, contrivance.

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1. resourcenoun

   available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

   Synonyms:
   imagination, resourcefulness

2. resourcenoun

   a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed

   "the local library is a valuable resource"

   Synonyms:
   imagination, resourcefulness

3. resource, resourcefulness, imaginationnoun

   the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

   "a man of resource"

   Synonyms:
   resourcefulness, imaging, imagination, mental imagery, imagery, imaginativeness, vision

Matched Categories

1. • Asset
   • Assets
   • Ingenuity

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1. resourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   means, expedient, device, contrivance, resort, appliance, instrumentality

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1. resourcenoun

   Synonyms:
   resort, expedient, device, shift

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1. List of paraphrases for "resource":

   resources, remedy, resort, remedies, appeal, recourse, source, ressources

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How to use resource in a sentence?

1. Michael Ison:

   No one has a sense of where there's excess and where there's deficiencies, this is a national limited, scarce resource. There needs to be some process to this.

2. Michael Verden:

   You have fights, you have weapons being brought to school, you have drugs, you have all kinds of criminal activity at school. You put a bunch of people together in a close environment, things happen. It's just the way the world works. … You can't ignore what's happened at these schools and there's really no excuse not to have a school resource officer at every school.

3. Preethi Ramamoorthy:

   Everything I learnt [about sex or sexual relationships] is from online, the internet is an amazing resource -- an ocean of knowledge.

4. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay:

   Radio telescopes on Earth can not see cosmic radio waves at about 33 feet( 10 meters) or longer because of our ionosphere, so there's a whole region of the universe that we simply can not see, but previous ideas of building a radio antenna on the Moon have been very resource intensive and complicated, so we were compelled to come up with something different.

5. Andy Hollinger:

   Teaching about Holocaust Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance timeless lessons, including the dangers of unchecked antisemitism, is the foundation of all of our work, we offer free education resources and training for educators. Our online Holocaust Encyclopedia, the definitive digital resource on Holocaust Remembrance, is available in 19 languages.