re·source [ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs] Show IPA–noun1.a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.2.resources, the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth.3.Usually, resources. money, or any property that can be converted into money; assets.4.Often, resources. an available means afforded by the mind or one's personal capabilities: to have resource against loneliness.5.an action or measure to which one may have recourse in an emergency; expedient.6.capability in dealing with a situation or in meeting difficulties: a woman of resource.Use resources in a SentenceSearch resources on the WebOrigin: 1640–50; < F ressource, OF ressourse, n. deriv. of resourdre to rise up < L resurgere, equiv. to re- re- + surgere to rise up, lift; see resurge, source—Related formsre·source·less, adjectivere·source·less·ness, noun—Synonyms 1, 5. resort. 5. means, contrivance, shift. 6. inventiveness, adapability, ingenuity, cleverness.