Need another word that means the same as “reservoir”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “reservoir” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Reservoir” are: man-made lake, source, pool, lake, pond, stock, store, stockpile, reserve, reserves, supply, accumulation, bank, fund, receptacle, container, holder, repository, tank
Reservoir as a Noun
Definitions of "Reservoir" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “reservoir” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Lake used to store water for community use.
- A population, tissue, etc. which is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection.
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- A supply or source of something.
- A receptacle or part of a machine designed to hold fluid.
- Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies.
- Tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil.
- A place where fluid collects, especially in rock strata or in the body.
- A large or extra supply of something.
Synonyms of "Reservoir" as a noun (19 Words)
accumulation | (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation. The accumulation of wealth. |
bank | A building in which the business of banking transacted. The early ships had only twenty five oars in each bank. |
container | An object for holding or transporting something. More containers can run on a server than traditional virtual machines. |
fund | A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies. He had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment. |
holder | A smallholder. The FA Cup holders. |
lake | Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments. The fish was served in a lake of spicy sauce. |
man-made lake | A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal. |
pond | The Atlantic Ocean. He s relatively unknown on this side of the pond. |
pool | A swimming pool. A pool of blood. |
receptacle | An electrical socket. Fast food receptacles. |
repository | A burial vault (usually for some famous person. A deep repository for nuclear waste. |
reserve | A district that is reserved for particular purpose. She smiled and some of her natural reserve melted. |
reserves | Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. |
source | Anything that provides inspiration for later work. The reporter had two sources for the story. |
stock | Farm animals such as cattle pigs and sheep bred and kept for their meat or milk livestock. The vineyards were ploughed up and replanted using different vine stock. |
stockpile | A storage pile accumulated for future use. A stockpile of nuclear weapons. |
store | A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services. He keeps the ship s stores. |
supply | The activity of supplying or providing something. A supply ship. |
tank | As much as a tank will hold. A large class of 0 6 0 tanks. |
Usage Examples of "Reservoir" as a noun
- The more water we use, the more land has to be flooded for reservoirs.
- Scotland has always had a fine reservoir of comic talent.
- There is a vast reservoir of herpes infection in the community.
- A reservoir of talent.
- If all three colours overlap then a black dot is printed from the black ink reservoir.
- An infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival.
- Big oil reservoirs are becoming harder to find.
Associations of "Reservoir" (30 Words)
aqueduct | A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley. |
conductor | A person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir. He was appointed principal conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. |
conduit | A tube or trough for protecting electric wiring. The gas pipe should not be close to any electrical conduit. |
construction | A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit. Their main business is home construction. |
culvert | Channel a stream or drain through a culvert. A culverted drain. |
dam | Build a dam across a river or lake. Discussion was in full flow and refused to be dammed. |
diesel | A heavy petroleum fraction used as fuel in diesel engines. A diesel locomotive. |
ditch | Make or repair ditches. Ditch a lover. |
electricity | Keen and shared excitement. The electricity was back on. |
embankment | A bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway over an area of low ground. A railway embankment. |
engine | A fire engine. The roar of a car engine. |
exhaust | The system through which exhaust gases are expelled. The country has exhausted its treasury reserves. |
floodgate | Something that restrains a flood or outpouring. His lawsuit could open the floodgates for thousands of similar claims. |
gate | Supply with a gate. The house was gated. |
generator | A person or thing that generates something. He was the generator of several complaints. |
heat | The amount of heat that is needed to cause a specific process or is evolved in such a process. Winners of the regional heats. |
hydroelectric | Of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower. Economic and environmental aspect of the hydroelectric scheme. |
levee | A ridge of sediment deposited naturally alongside a river by overflowing water. |
magnetism | The branch of science that studies magnetism. His personal magnetism attracted men to the brotherhood. |
motor | Driven by a motor. Motor energy. |
pipe | Play a tune on a pipe or pipes. Outside at the back a curlew piped. |
powerhouse | A person or thing of great energy, strength, or power. She appears to be an intellectual powerhouse. |
production | The creation of something as part of a physical, biological, or chemical process. The production of white blood cells. |
sluice | Transport in or send down a sluice. She sluiced her face in cold water. |
storage | The retention of retrievable data on a computer or other electronic system. The room lacked storage space. |
substation | A set of equipment reducing the high voltage of electrical power transmission to that suitable for supply to consumers. |
thermoelectric | Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity. |
transpiration | The emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants. Plants lose more than 90 per cent of their water through transpiration. |
turbine | A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid. |