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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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During the 2010s, the stretch from Boulder to Colorado Springs, dubbed “Silicon Mountain” for its concentration of founders, was minting a new startup every 72 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The respective estimates place his wealth far beyond that of other current or former big tech bosses, including Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

When he left the firm, Johnson associated with the founders of Boston’s MFS Investment Management, which created the first mutual fund in 1924, and George Putnam, founder of Putnam Investments.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

It’s to drag OpenAI and its other founders through the mud until they come out the other side as dirty as he is.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

George Bancroft, one of the founders of American history, disagreed: the mounds, he wrote in 1840, were purely natural formations.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann