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

Formerly known as Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, VIA CDC was founded in 1995 by the School Sisters of St. Francis to promote neighborhood revitalization and community pride, according to the organization's website. —Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025

This is a bald-faced, unabashed attack on the democratic values our country was founded on and the people of Texas are being betrayed by their Republican representatives. —Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025

Chef Joseph Rawlins, who founded and runs La Popote with his French partner Gaëlle Radigon, said they had initially been approached about the idea by Doran Binder, who was already supplying the restaurant with their ‘house’ water under his Crag Spring Water brand. —Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025

Tegna also owns Locked On Podcast Network, which was founded by Utah Jazz radio play-by-play announcer David Locke. —Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2025