'Resource' definitions:
Definition of 'resource'
From: WordNet
noun
Available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
noun
A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"
noun
The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" [syn: resource, resourcefulness, imagination]
Definition of 'Resource'
From: GCIDE
- Resource \Re*source"\ (r?*s?rs"), n. [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.]
- 1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. [1913 Webster]
- Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. [1913 Webster]
- Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Expedient; resort; means; contrivance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resource'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- answer,
- aptitude,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- assets,
- available means,
- backlog,
- balance,
- bonanza,
- bravura,
- brilliance,
- cache,
- capability,
- capacity,
- capital,
- capital goods,
- capitalization,
- cash,
- cleverness,
- command,
- competence,
- contraption,
- contrivance,
- control,
- coordination,
- cornucopia,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- cunning,
- deftness,
- demarche,
- dernier ressort,
- device,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- dodge,
- efficiency,
- effort,
- expediency,
- expedient,
- expertise,
- facility,
- fashion,
- finesse,
- font,
- forte,
- fortune,
- fount,
- fountain,
- fund,
- funds,
- gimmick,
- gold mine,
- grace,
- grip,
- grist,
- gumption,
- guts,
- handiness,
- holdings,
- hope,
- horsemanship,
- imagination,
- imaginativeness,
- improvisation,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- initiative,
- invention,
- inventiveness,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- know-how,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- liquid assets,
- lode,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- manner,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mean,
- means,
- measure,
- method,
- mine,
- mode,
- money,
- move,
- nest egg,
- opportunity,
- pis aller,
- possessions,
- possibility,
- practical ability,
- proficiency,
- property,
- prowess,
- quality,
- quarry,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- recourse,
- refuge,
- relief,
- reserve,
- reserve fund,
- reserve supply,
- reserves,
- reservoir,
- resort,
- resourcefulness,
- resources,
- riches,
- savings,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- sinking fund,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- solution,
- something in reserve,
- source,
- source of supply,
- spring,
- staple,
- step,
- stockpile,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- strength,
- string,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- style,
- substance,
- substitute,
- subterfuge,
- supply,
- surrogate,
- system,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- tactic,
- talent,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- temporary expedient,
- timing,
- trick,
- trump,
- unexpended balance,
- vein,
- virtuosity,
- way,
- wealth,
- well,
- wellspring,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition,
- workmanship,
- worth