Synonyms of founded

founded

verb

past tense of found

as in established

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

John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name

Synonyms & Similar Words

• established
• pioneered
• launched
• initiated
• introduced
• created
• instituted
• began
• inaugurated
• started
• planted
• constituted
• originated
• constructed
• organized
• developed
• invented
• innovated
• authored
• set up
• conceived
• produced
• devised
• manufactured
• funded
• thought (up)
• expanded
• endowed
• financed
• concocted
• made up
• fathered
• cooked (up)
• enlarged
• arranged
• contrived
• fabricated
• refounded
• subsidized
• systematized
• relaunched
• reinstituted
• put up
• systemized
• reinitiated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closed (down)
• shut (up)
• abolished
• stopped
• ended
• finished
• terminated
• halted
• annulled
• phased out
• nullified
• annihilated
• rounded (off or out)
• wrapped up
• wound up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of founded

Kindred Black, founded in 2014 by Alice Kindred Wells and Jennifer Black Francis, illustrates the model. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026

Malone, who founded the company in 1999, will step down as chairman emeritus but remain a senior advisor. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

The restaurant, founded by chef-owner Niland and his wife Julie Niland, focuses on whole-fish cookery and placed at number 50 this year, also earning the title of Best Restaurant in Oceania. — Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

The league was founded in 2021 by a group of pro golfers, led by Phil Mickleson and Greg Norman, who were dissatisfied with the sport’s biggest player, the PGA Tour. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Sara Beth Prendeville spent her childhood in the Roswell jewelry store her father founded more than five decades ago, cleaning display cases and wrapping gifts. — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Green and Faber founded Star’s Revenge in 2023 after meeting at a South by Southwest show that both Geese and Sunflower Bean were playing. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

This time, Lak said his new business was founded on learnings from his previous experiences, including how to raise money from angel investors and making sure the business was tight. — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

The company was founded by Kush Agarwal and Arvin Singh, who have backgrounds in aerospace engineering and aircraft development at the University of California, Los Angeles. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026