founders

NOUN

person who establishes an institution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

architect author benefactor builder creator designer inventor organizer patron planner

STRONG

beginner constructor framer generator initiator maker originator

WEAK

establisher forebearer institutor prime mover

Antonyms

STRONGEST

opponent

VERB

go under, fail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abort break down fall through stumble

STRONG

collapse fall lurch miscarry misfire sink sprawl stagger submerge submerse trip

WEAK

be lost come to nothing go down go lame go to bottom

Antonyms

STRONG

increase rise

WEAK

accomplish achieve succeed

Example Sentences

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One of the founders of Brewdog has announced plans to launch a new beer brand, promising free shares to people who lost money in his original venture.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Nvidia’s founders, like Hassabis, were drawn to the economic prospects of videogames — an industry that offered a rare combination of high sales volumes and voracious appetite for computing power.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

As mortality took the last of the Declaration’s signatories from the scene, the document came to be a link back to the founders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

An IPO solves that problem, giving founders, employees, and other private shareholders an opportunity to sell shares at will.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He was always held to be the real founder of Rome because Romulus and Remus, the actual founders, were born in the city his son built, in Alba Longa.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton