Synonyms of found

found

verb

as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• pioneer
• introduce
• create
• initiate
• launch
• begin
• institute
• constitute
• start
• inaugurate
• plant
• construct
• originate
• set up
• organize
• develop
• author
• produce
• invent
• innovate
• devise
• conceive
• make up
• manufacture
• think (up)
• concoct
• contrive
• father
• expand
• fund
• fabricate
• arrange
• endow
• enlarge
• finance
• refound
• cook (up)
• put up
• subsidize
• systematize
• reinstitute
• systemize
• reinitiate
• relaunch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shut (up)
• close (down)
• stop
• end
• abolish
• nullify
• finish
• phase out
• terminate
• annul
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of found

Atlanta native Zac Brown founded the Zac Brown Band in 2002 and built a following through heavy touring, playing country and rock clubs as well as jam band festivals. —Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026

Locally, Sly & Robbie founded an influential label, Taxi Records, in 1980 and performed in the house band at Jamaica’s formidable Channel One studio. —Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026

Skydance Corporation, which David Ellison founded in 2006, completed an $8 billion merger last year with Paramount Global. —Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026

The makeup brand, founded in 2015, was valued at $1 billion only eight years ago after an investment from French private equity firm Eurazeo. —Essence, 26 Jan. 2026