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

Israeli officials said the strikes intended to prevent Turkey from establishing a presence at the base. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

The officials said the work would focus on identifying the most strategic projects, securing financing and establishing roles for French companies. — Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026

But language can reproduce the description of a mental state without establishing the existence of that mental state. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

After firmly establishing himself as a key cog in midfield for England, Anderson will be tasked with the largest responsibility of his club career as the most expensive player in a new-look Manchester City team. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Inflicting these details on the jury, the children’s family members, and the public served no discernible purpose in establishing Clancy’s mens rea, which might have discredited her not-guilty plea. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Netanyahu’s government, the most nationalist and religious in Israel’s history, has boasted of establishing over 100 new settlements. — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Turkey’s Defense Ministry confirmed Thursday that Ankara is participating in meetings in Jeddah aimed at establishing the coalition. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

That includes designing ships with potential military requirements in mind, establishing clear mobilization procedures and creating compensation and incentive systems for civilian operators. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026