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

PayJoy, founded by Doug Ricket, is transforming credit access in the global south, enabling millions to afford phones and invest in micro-businesses where traditional credit is scarce. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Liberty was founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875 and has always been a vast curiosity shop selling ornaments, fabrics, furniture and art from around the world. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Auction Napa Valley was founded in 1981 by a group of wineries and vintners who came together to raise money for Napa Valley Vintners’ Youth Wellness Initiative to help empower Napa youth to lead healthier lives. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 23 July 2026

Night, which was founded back in 2015, now comprises a suite of divisions comprising Night Talent, Night Labs, Night Studios, Night Ventures and Podium. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Presenting a satisfyingly catchy passage and immediately throwing it into the garbage disposal is a risky strategy, but metalcore was founded on the belief that the potential payoff trumps the comfort of standard song structure. — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026

That makes events such as that, the Boulder Comedy Festival and the Vail Comedy Festival, all of which were founded after High Plains, even more valuable to comedy fans. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 July 2026

The participants were members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, a congregation originally founded in Bavaria to teach girls. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 16 July 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, 14 July 2026