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

While the group calls itself Hong Kong Parliament, its electoral organizing committee was founded in Canada and its influence is limited. —Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. —Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 25 July 2025

Tea was founded in November 2022 by software engineer Sean Cook to help women feel more protected. —Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 25 July 2025

Before that, it was inhabited by farmers and fishermen, having been founded as a Roman military base in 421 CE. —Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 July 2025