Synonyms for founder
ˈfaʊn dərfounder

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foundernoun

   Synonyms:
   author, instituter, establishes originator, planter

   Antonyms:
   subverter, destroyer

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. laminitis, foundernoun

   inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

   Synonyms:
   founding father, father, laminitis, beginner

2. founder, beginner, founding father, fathernoun

   a person who founds or establishes some institution

   "George Washington is the father of his country"

   Synonyms:
   male parent, father, laminitis, forefather, founding father, novice, initiate, sire, tyro, beginner, don, begetter, tiro

3. founderverb

   a worker who makes metal castings

   Synonyms:
   founding father, father, laminitis, beginner

4. fall through, fall flat, founder, flopverb

   fail utterly; collapse

   "The project foundered"

   Synonyms:
   flop, fall through, give, fall flat, collapse, fall in, break, cave in, give way

5. founderverb

   sink below the surface

   Synonyms:
   flop, fall through, give, fall flat, give way, collapse, fall in, break, cave in

6. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderverb

   break down, literally or metaphorically

   "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

   Synonyms:
   crack, consecrate, break away, give way, unwrap, devote, contribute, chip in, give out, split up, conk out, part, have, afford, collapse, hold, die, transgress, weaken, crumple, bump, discover, snap off, turn over, go, demote, ease up, break out, separate, split, hand, gift, crack up, damp, smash, render, move over, feed, pay, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, open, get around, interrupt, wear out, grant, establish, break-dance, stop, check, break up, breach, develop, fall flat, give, return, apply, present, better, cave in, make, offend, go bad, impart, generate, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, give away, reach, recrudesce, tumble, break dance, go against, dampen, throw, fall in, soften, break in, let out, dedicate, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, burst, pass, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, fall through, join, expose, break, crock up, discontinue, intermit, flop, leave, yield, get together, commit, sacrifice, wear, kick in, pass on

7. founderverb

   stumble and nearly fall

   "the horses foundered"

   Synonyms:
   flop, fall through, give, fall flat, give way, collapse, fall in, break, cave in

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Fail
   • Inflammation
   • Sink
   • Stumble

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. foundernoun

   Synonyms:
   originator, institutor, establisher, planter

2. foundernoun

   Synonyms:
   caster (of metals)

3. founderverb

   Synonyms:
   sink (as a ship by filling with water), go to the bottom

4. founderverb

   Synonyms:
   fail, miscarry

5. founderverb

   Synonyms:
   trip, stumble, fall

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foundernoun

   Synonyms:
   establisher, institutor, father, planter, originator, moulder, closh

2. founderverb

   Synonyms:
   fall, stumble, fail, miscarry

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "founder":

   founding, incorporator, founders, lachance

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How to use founder in a sentence?

1. Watana Sittirachot:

   Teacher Rotjana, the founder of the foundation, has helped and supported me till I graduated from university and given me the opportunity to go study abroad. And now I came back to work for her.

2. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow:

   Mary's Meals is a series of lots of little acts of love. If you put all those acts of sacrifice together, it creates a beautiful thing - Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, Mary's Meals Founder and CEO

3. Mausi Segun:

   If no one is held accountable for this excessive military action, the risks of radicalizing some of those who lost relatives are high, this is a lesson Nigeria ought to have learnt from the killing of Muhammed Yusuf, Boko Haram's founder.

4. Engineer.AI:

   Our platform provides a solution for any business to operate, manage and scale their technology needs. Engineer.ai Founder

5. Pope Francis:

   But when Pope Benedict became Pope Francis, the first thing( he said was) bring me this from the archives and Pope Benedict began, pope Benedict had the courage to dissolve a women's congregation that had a certain level because this slavery of women had entered, even sexual slavery, by clerics or by the founder.