FOUNDED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of founded The backstory Originally a sheep station founded in 1844, Wharekauhau began welcoming guests in the 1970s, when it was run by the Shaw family. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026 Helping the poor, preserving their names Pennsylvania Hospital, though never religiously affiliated, was founded in a city heavily influenced by its Quaker roots. —

Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 25 May 2026 The incident occurred shortly after Murdaugh had been pushed out of the law firm his family founded more than a century ago for misappropriating funds. —

Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026 Compasso d’Oro is one of the world’s most prestigious design awards and was founded by Gio Ponti in 1954. —

Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 25 May 2026 Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. —

Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 May 2026 Penelope Bourbon was founded in 2018 and quickly became one of American whiskey’s fastest growing and hottest brands. —

David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero. —

Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026 Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians. —

Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026

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Rollins survived virtually all of his contemporaries from the 1950s and ’60s, the period in which the fundamental elements of the contemporary jazz that followed for the next half-century were established.

— Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Among the artifacts found buried in the frozen earth were pewter military buttons from the First Pennsylvania Battalion, established in 1775 — which helped archaeologists date the remains back to the Revolutionary War, according to the museum.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 May 2026