Synonyms for found
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1. found

   Synonyms:
   establish, institute, fix, set, build, set up, base, endow, rest, ground, plant, root

   Antonyms:
   disestablish, subvert, supplant, uproot

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1. foundadjective

   food and lodging provided in addition to money

   "they worked for $30 and found"

   Antonyms:
   missing, lost, wasted, mislaid, stray, misplaced, straying, squandered, gone(p)

2. foundverb

   come upon unexpectedly or after searching

   "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

   Antonyms:
   straying, stray, squandered, lost, missing, gone(p), mislaid, wasted, misplaced

3. establish, set up, found, launchverb

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

   Synonyms:
   tack together, put together, set in motion, lay down, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, establish, put in, base, gear up, put up, frame, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, plunge, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

   Antonyms:
   squandered, straying, misplaced, lost, gone(p), missing, stray, mislaid, wasted

4. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Synonyms:
   engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, establish, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constitute

   Antonyms:
   lost, stray, gone(p), wasted, missing, mislaid, misplaced, straying, squandered

5. establish, base, ground, foundverb

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, ground, set up, install, strand, base, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, establish, prime, anchor, make, show, constitute

   Antonyms:
   gone(p), lost, straying, stray, misplaced, mislaid, missing, wasted, squandered

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1. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   base, set, fix, place, ground, lay the foundation of

2. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   build, construct, erect, raise

3. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, institute, originate

4. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   cast, form in a mould

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1. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, plant, institute, cast, form, mould

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1. List of paraphrases for "found":

   discovered, find, concluded, observed, revealed, detected, encountered, noted, located, identified, finding, considered, discovery, consulted, determined, ruled, reached, seen, showed, recovered, got, uncovered, felt, spotted, noticed, declared, contained, recognized, deemed, struck, thought, saw, finds, shown

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1. Blaine Gibson:

   What went through my mind when I found it is that this is something that could be part of an airplane and could be part of that airplane.

2. Maria Moldes:

   These people don't have the prototype of beauty we are used to seeing, but you end up liking them. Some women I found stunningly beautiful.

3. John A. Wheeler:

   If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.

4. Charles Jones:

   Full forensic identification has not been completed to confirm 100 % that we found Gabby Petito, but Gabby Petito family has been notified of this discovery.

5. Renard Simmons:

   We found that they came back a lot of times a shell of their former selves, we have to be patient, we have to persevere and continue to meet kids where they are.