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

This may mean removing an abusive parent as their guardian and establishing another relative or foster parent in place of the parent. — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Reality television personality Spencer Pratt jumped in a few months later, on the anniversary of the Palisades fire, establishing himself as an unpredictable presence on the campaign trail. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Plans include establishing a national-level archaeological laboratory, while the National Museum of Maritime Archaeology is under construction in Qingdao. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Finland and Sweden joined NATO members Denmark, Iceland, and Norway in establishing the Nordic Defense Cooperation, primarily in hopes of cutting procurement costs. — Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

And establishing that Omar or her family deliberately lied about her age would be complicated, because birth records are practically nonexistent in Somalia. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Instead of establishing a vast mystery for their movie to explore, Osder and Youmans — one of them Jewish, the other a Palestinian-American — give shape to the galling absence of one. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

After quietly establishing a presence on Amazon and TikTok Shop over the past two years, Enhanse is making its first foray into brick-and-mortar. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Sacramento Regional Transit is pausing what would be the first step in establishing a transit line through Natomas to Sacramento International Airport. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026