founders
noun. person who establishes an institution
fountainhead
noun. principal source; person who originates
invent
verb. create, think up
- ad-lib
- author
- bear
- bring into being
- coin
- come up with
- come upon
- compose
- conceive
- contrive
- cook up
- design
- devise
- discover
- dream up
- envision
- execute
- fake
- fashion
- find
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- hatch
- imagine
- improve
- improvise
- inaugurate
- initiate
- jam
- knock off
- make
- make up
- mint
- off-the-cuff
- originate
- plan
- produce
- project
- toss off
- turn out
- wing
inventor
noun. discoverer
lexicographer
noun. dictionary editor
mastermind
verb. plan and direct
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