Synonyms of the word reservoir


RESERVOIRLAKE - SOURCE - SUPPLY - TANK - THING

reservoir

  • n. A place where anything is kept in store.
  • n. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
  • n. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  • n. A supply or source of something.
  • n. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

lake

  • n. (now chiefly dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
  • n. A large, landlocked stretch of water.
  • n. A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
  • n. (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
  • n. (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
  • v. (obsolete) To present an offering.
  • v. (chiefly dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
  • n. (obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.
  • n. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant…
  • v. To make lake-red.

source

  • n. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
  • n. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which…
  • n. A reporter's informant.
  • n. (computing) Source code.
  • n. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  • v. (chiefly US) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
  • v. (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation…

supply

  • v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
  • v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
  • v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
  • v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
  • v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
  • v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
  • n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
  • n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
  • n. (in the plural) provisions.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
  • n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
  • adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

tank

  • n. A closed container for liquids or gases.
  • n. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
  • n. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
  • n. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
  • n. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
  • n. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
  • n. (Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
  • n. (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) A large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump,…
  • n. (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
  • n. (slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
  • n. (role-playing games, board games, video games) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption…
  • v. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly;…
  • v. (video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's…
  • v. To put fuel into a tank.
  • v. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
  • v. (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
  • n. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
  • n. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

thing

  • n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
  • n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
  • n. An individual object or distinct entity.
  • n. (informal) Something that is normal or generally recognised.
  • n. (law).
  • n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
  • n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
  • n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
  • n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
  • n. (slang) A penis.
  • n. A living being or creature.
  • n. That which matters; the crux.
  • n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
  • n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.).
  • n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
  • v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.

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