Antonyms for origin
ˈɔr ɪ dʒɪn, ˈɒr-ori·gin

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1. originnoun

   The source of a river, information, goods, etc.

   Synonyms:
   source

2. originnoun

   Synonyms:
   zero vector

3. originnoun

   Antonyms:
   insertion

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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 beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.

   See synonyms for END.

   Synonyms:
   arising, beginning, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, initiation, opening, outset, rise, source, spring, start

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. origin

   Antonyms:
   termination, conclusion, extinction

   Synonyms:
   source, commencement, spring, cause, derivation, rise, beginning

Matched Categories

1. • Genealogy
   • Intersection
   • Lineage
   • Source

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1. beginning, origin, root, rootage, sourcenoun

   the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

   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, line, outset, line of descent, stem, root word, starting time, bloodline, generator, solution, ancestry, beginning, commencement, blood, blood line

2. origin, descent, extractionnoun

   properties attributable to your ancestry

   "he comes from good origins"

   Synonyms:
   fall, rootage, parentage, declination, lineage, downslope, root, declension, stock, ancestry, stemma, descent, blood, extraction, decline, declivity, inception, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, bloodline, origination, filiation, beginning

3. origin, origination, inceptionnoun

   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, inception, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, initiation, bloodline, origination, foundation, beginning, institution

4. originnoun

   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. originnoun

   the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

   "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation"

   Synonyms:
   rootage, parentage, lineage, root, stock, ancestry, stemma, descent, blood, extraction, inception, line of descent, line, blood line, pedigree, source, bloodline, origination, beginning

6. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stocknoun

   the descendants of one individual

   "his entire lineage has been warriors"

   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, stock certificate, fall, communication channel, caudex, telephone line, credit line, declension, source, broth, line of reasoning, tune, note, simple eye, argument

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1. originnoun

   Synonyms:
   source, beginning, derivation, rise, origination

How to use origin in a sentence?

1. The UNHCR:

   They were received by Myanmar authorities and assisted at two reception centers, refugees in Thailand have been expressing interest in returning home and have begun making plans for their future beyond the camps in Thailand in the hope that peace and stability will prevail in their places of origin in south-eastern Myanmar.

2. Jonathan Caspi:

   Sibling relationships are so important, but they are often overlooked, if you feel like you are grounded and connected to your family of origin, they are like your home base. You've got these people you can always come back to.

3. George Jellinek:

   The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.

4. Author Levitt:

   Now we know that the origin of the universe, the making of elements in stars, the creation of the solar system and Earth and the early history of our planet was incredibly tumultuous.

5. Lyn Wadley:

   We see the cognitive foundations for later innovations from close to the origin of our species, we see people's strategic control of the environment through the deliberate creation and use of fire and its products.

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