resource

1. 1.

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

   Broaderassets

   Narrowernatural resourcelabor resourcessupportways and means
2. 2.

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

   “the local library is a valuable resource”

   Broaderasset

   Narroweraidrecourseresourcefulnessinner resource
3. 3.

   the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

   “a man of resource”

   Synonymsresourcefulnessimagination

   Broaderinventiveness

   Narrowerarmory

Other forms of resource

plural

resources·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about resource

What does resource mean?

resource means "available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resource?

resource has 2 syllables: re-source. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹisɔɹs/.

What is another word for resource?

Close synonyms include resourcefulness, imagination. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resource a common word?

resource is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.