Synonyms of establishes

establishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of establish

1

as in proves

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

• proves
• demonstrates
• shows
• substantiates
• confirms
• upholds
• sustains
• justifies
• verifies
• attests
• supports
• evidences
• validates
• documents
• authenticates
• bears out
• corroborates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disproves
• refutes
• invalidates
• rebuts
• discredits
• confutes

2

as in demonstrates

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

• proves
• demonstrates
• validates
• identifies
• confirms
• substantiates
• verifies
• documents
• upholds
• corroborates
• supports
• evinces
• certifies
• authenticates
• attests
• sustains
• adduces
• evidences
• records
• buttresses
• testifies
• witnesses
• vouches
• clinches
• backs (up)
• confesses
• circumstantiates
• deposes
• settles
• nails

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refutes
• disproves
• assumes
• alleges
• objects
• rebuts
• presumes
• challenges
• disputes
• suspects
• guesses
• surmises
• conjectures

3

as in founds

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

established the first school in the town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founds
• initiates
• creates
• introduces
• launches
• begins
• constitutes
• inaugurates
• institutes
• pioneers
• starts
• plants
• organizes
• originates
• innovates
• constructs
• invents
• develops
• produces
• conceives
• sets up
• manufactures
• authors
• concocts
• devises
• expands
• endows
• fathers
• contrives
• enlarges
• thinks (up)
• fabricates
• arranges
• cooks (up)
• subsidizes
• makes up
• systematizes
• funds
• finances
• reinstitutes
• reinitiates
• systemizes
• relaunches
• refounds
• puts up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closes (down)
• abolishes
• shuts (up)
• nullifies
• annihilates
• ends
• terminates
• annuls
• stops
• halts
• finishes
• phases out
• rounds (off or out)
• winds up
• wraps up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of establishes

And organizations need to build an operational model that establishes clear lanes for AI to drive work and guardrails to prevent it from going off course. — Jason Kurtz, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Strong performance from a single router establishes one part of the picture, while the network tests show how the system performs when additional routing stages are involved. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

The bill establishes the Mineral Activity Guarantee Fund with a contribution of 2 billion reais (about $391 million) from the federal government to guarantee projects and activities linked to the production of critical and strategic minerals. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

The draft also establishes which of the three networks gets the top pick each week among the vast majority of games that were unclaimed before the season. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Assembly Bill 817 by Assemblymember Mark González (D-Los Angeles) would prohibit the approval of a building permit for a cold storage facility unless the owner or operator of the facility establishes and maintains a contingency fund. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

The rule also establishes new design requirements, including a tracking barcode for mail-in ballot envelopes that states must create and submit to the USPS for approval. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Assembly Bill 1633 establishes the Private Detention Facility Tax Law, which would impose an annual 25% tax on operators of private detention centers. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Louis will consider whether the treaty applies to the case and determine if the evidence establishes probable cause. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026