Synonyms of established

established 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in settled

Related Words

• settled
• steadfast
• stable
• determinate
• unaltered
• constant
• changeless
• unchanging
• fixed
• unvarying
• set
• steady
• invariable
• immutable
• unalterable
• unchangeable
• hard-and-fast
• inflexible
• inalterable
• immovable
• unmovable
• incommutable

Dissimilar Words

• flexible
• variable
• elastic
• adjustable
• adaptable
• changeable
• unstable
• uncertain
• varying
• mutable
• unsettled
• alterable
• fickle
• plastic
• pliable
• fluctuating
• inconstant
• pliant
• willowy
• supple

2

as in demonstrated

Related Words

• demonstrated
• confirmed
• proven
• validated
• valid
• effective
• actual
• existent
• substantiated
• attested
• verified
• real
• very
• authenticated
• genuine
• unquestionable
• indisputable
• concrete
• incontestable
• undeniable
• factual
• irrefutable
• inescapable
• true
• convincing
• verifiable
• incontrovertible
• unmistakable
• realistic
• believable
• indubitable
• sure-enough
• bona fide
• literal
• authentic
• de facto
• certified
• objective
• final
• certain
• real-life
• real-world
• substantial
• positive
• tangible
• absolute
• authoritative
• palpable
• hard
• certifiable

Dissimilar Words

• possible
• potential
• ideal
• theoretical
• nonexistent
• assumed
• hypothetical
• alleged
• envisioned
• reputed
• conceived
• conjectural
• supposed
• platonic
• envisaged
• invented
• visualized
• imagined
• fictitious
• pictured
• legendary
• fictional
• inexistent
• fabled
• illusory
• fanciful
• chimerical
• imaginary
• suppositional
• romantic
• fabricated
• symbolic
• abstract
• make-believe
• pretend
• fake
• virtual
• unreal
• made-up

established

2 of 2

verb

past tense of establish

1

as in proved

to gain full recognition or acceptance of

a first novel that established him as one of the most promising writers of his generation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proved
• demonstrated
• showed
• confirmed
• substantiated
• documented
• upheld
• evidenced
• sustained
• justified
• verified
• supported
• attested
• authenticated
• validated
• corroborated
• bore out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disproved
• invalidated
• refuted
• discredited
• rebutted
• confuted

2

as in documented

to show the existence or truth of by evidence

the developers haven't established that there's a need for another shopping center in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proved
• demonstrated
• documented
• validated
• identified
• confirmed
• verified
• substantiated
• upheld
• evidenced
• supported
• recorded
• corroborated
• buttressed
• adduced
• sustained
• attested
• certified
• evinced
• authenticated
• backed (up)
• witnessed
• testified
• circumstantiated
• vouched
• confessed
• settled
• deposed
• clinched
• nailed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• challenged
• objected
• refuted
• disputed
• disproved
• assumed
• alleged
• rebutted
• presumed
• suspected
• guessed
• surmised
• conjectured

3

as in founded

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

established the first school in the town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founded
• initiated
• pioneered
• introduced
• created
• launched
• instituted
• began
• inaugurated
• constituted
• started
• planted
• constructed
• originated
• organized
• developed
• innovated
• invented
• devised
• set up
• produced
• conceived
• manufactured
• authored
• expanded
• funded
• thought (up)
• concocted
• endowed
• made up
• enlarged
• financed
• fathered
• cooked (up)
• contrived
• arranged
• fabricated
• systematized
• subsidized
• reinstituted
• refounded
• relaunched
• systemized
• reinitiated
• put up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closed (down)
• shut (up)
• abolished
• stopped
• ended
• finished
• terminated
• halted
• phased out
• nullified
• annulled
• annihilated
• rounded (off or out)
• wrapped up
• wound up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of established

Adjective

But some governments have pledged recent investments into established and local museums as a means to boost the sector. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Within a few decades of independence, though, states’ support for established churches had disappeared. — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

Verb

The trust fund was established by his parents in 1993, the year of his birth, and was intended to benefit Reiner. — Blanche Marcel, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Data to the decimal, yes, and there may not be enough of it to draw conclusions, but what data points have been established are factual and viable stepping stones to new knowledge. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026