Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wells

1 sense of wells

Sense 1
Wells, H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells -- (prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun well

5 senses of well

Sense 1
well -- (a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine)
       => excavation -- (a hole in the ground made by excavating)

Sense 2
well -- (a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid)
       => vessel -- (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Sense 3
well, wellspring, fountainhead -- (an abundant source; "she was a well of information")
       => source -- (a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story")

Sense 4
well -- (an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway))
       => shaft -- (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))

Sense 5
well -- (an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps)
       => compartment -- (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb well

1 sense of well

Sense 1
well, swell -- (come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up")
       => surface, come up, rise up, rise -- (come to the surface)