Synonyms of establishing

establishing

verb

present participle of establish

1

as in proving

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

• proving
• demonstrating
• showing
• substantiating
• confirming
• upholding
• documenting
• sustaining
• evidencing
• verifying
• justifying
• supporting
• validating
• attesting
• authenticating
• corroborating
• bearing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disproving
• invalidating
• refuting
• discrediting
• rebutting
• confuting

2

as in demonstrating

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

• proving
• demonstrating
• documenting
• validating
• identifying
• verifying
• confirming
• substantiating
• upholding
• supporting
• evidencing
• buttressing
• corroborating
• sustaining
• recording
• certifying
• authenticating
• evincing
• adducing
• witnessing
• attesting
• backing (up)
• testifying
• clinching
• vouching
• circumstantiating
• nailing
• deposing
• confessing
• settling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disproving
• refuting
• rebutting
• objecting
• challenging
• disputing
• alleging
• assuming
• presuming
• suspecting
• guessing
• conjecturing
• surmising

3

as in founding

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

established the first school in the town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founding
• initiating
• creating
• introducing
• pioneering
• launching
• instituting
• inaugurating
• beginning
• constructing
• constituting
• planting
• starting
• developing
• organizing
• originating
• innovating
• inventing
• devising
• producing
• setting up
• authoring
• manufacturing
• expanding
• conceiving
• enlarging
• thinking (up)
• endowing
• cooking (up)
• concocting
• fathering
• funding
• fabricating
• financing
• contriving
• arranging
• subsidizing
• making up
• systematizing
• reinstituting
• relaunching
• reinitiating
• systemizing
• refounding
• putting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• abolishing
• shutting (up)
• phasing out
• stopping
• terminating
• finishing
• ending
• halting
• nullifying
• annulling
• annihilating
• winding up
• wrapping up
• rounding (off or out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of establishing

Without first establishing a network of plausible deniability? — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

However, the Georgia program remains an important step in establishing how the technology will work within real railway operations. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026

Dart began last season as Wilson’s backup before establishing himself as the team’s future, though there have been some concerns about his head. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

The duo has traded standout performances, further establishing themselves as Texas's top one-two punch run threat. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026

Related Stories During his tenure, Martinez significantly expanded Raindance’s international reach, establishing new programs and partnerships with filmmakers and industry partners across Mexico, Chile, Catalonia, Cyprus, Germany and beyond. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Moreover, merely establishing credibility to act cannot necessarily overwhelm a resolute adversary, as has been borne out in Iran. — Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Many on Wall Street think the appeal is less about safety and more about establishing anti-competitive protections that will steer the industry toward a duopoly comprising the leading proprietary model makers, Anthropic and OpenAI. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

In my view, the government must get ahead of that curve by establishing a full-fledged Department of AI, rather than leaving it to a single individual. — Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026