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. Robert Jeffress:

   They are following the example of their founder Muhammad who slaughtered and beheaded those who opposed him.

2. Dante Alighieri:

   Through me you pass into the city of woeThrough me you pass into eternal painThrough me among the people lost for aye.Justice the founder of my fabric movedTo rear me was the task of power divine,Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.Before me things create were none, save thingsEternal, and eternal I shall endure.All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

3. Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy:

   Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I shall endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

4. Loretta Lynch father:

   The good guys won. That's what has happened in this country all along, even during slavery. Levi Coffin was a founder of the Underground Railroad. Even during slavery. A white man fought against slavery. So all over this land good folks have stood in the right lane, in the right path.

5. Robert Jeffress:

   When Christians act violently they are acting in opposition to the teachings of their founder, Jesus Christ, they cannot cite a single verse in the New Testament that calls for violence against unbelievers. On the other hand, radical Islamists can point to a number of verses in the Koran calling for Muslims to ‘crucify the infidels.’.