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

Plants will spend a portion of this window simply establishing their root systems before even attempting production. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026

Those purveyors would handle all sourcing, hiring, and merchandising, and most of all, be responsible, in collaboration with the EDC, for establishing the 30% discounts. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

In early 2023, PIF held exploratory talks about investing in various other clubs across Europe, notably Belgium’s KV Oostende, with a view to establishing the kind of multi-club model employed by Red Bull, City Football Group, BlueCo and others. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

In Spain alone, some four million hectares have been afforested—establishing forest where, historically, there was none—since the nineteen-forties, mostly with flammable species like pine and eucalyptus. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

This approach involves establishing strategic campuses in global innovation hubs, moving beyond a single home base. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches skills like establishing a consistent sleep schedule, strengthening the connection between bed and sleep, and changing the unhelpful worries that keep people awake. — Joan M. Cook, Time, 31 July 2026

The series of agreements aimed at establishing diplomatic ties between Israel and its neighbors in the Middle East. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

The council also passed a resolution establishing the city's formal intent to issue up to $14 million in water and sewer revenue bonds to finance system-wide improvements. — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026