Home › Words › S › springheadspringheadspringhead means A suburban area in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9604).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, springhead ranks #8,615 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom spring + head.nameA suburban area in Saddleworth parish, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9604).A location, the source of the Ebbsfleet River, on the boundary of Dartford borough and Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6172).nounThe source of a natural spring.A source.A head or end-piece for a carriage-spring.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.headspring 77% match — A fountainhead; a source. vs springhead →waterhead 74% match — A spring or headwater. vs springhead →wellhead 73% match — The place where a spring breaks out of the ground; the source of water for a stream or well. vs springhead →fountainhead 71% match — A spring that is the source of a river. vs springhead →springwater 71% match — Water originating from a spring. vs springhead →wellspring 68% match — The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead. vs springhead →lifespring 66% match — A spring or source of life. vs springhead →headwater 63% match — The source (and the initial part) of a stream. vs springhead →