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 James Beard Foundation was founded in 1986 and is named for the legendary cookbook author who has been called America’s first foodie. —

Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 June 2026 The company was founded in 1998 by skydivers Chris Hall and his father, John Hall, and for nearly three decades has operated out of Butler Memorial Airport. —

Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026 Bob Mumgaard is an engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Commonwealth Fusion Systems and serves as its chief executive officer. —

Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 16 June 2026 The rerecord marks the launch of Artist Included, a music technology company co-founded by Boy George’s manager, Paul Kemsley, and entertainment attorney and film producer Jeremy Rosen. —

Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026 The company was founded in 2023 by CEO Rohan Nesho Jain. —

Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 June 2026 Midnight Run was founded in 1984. —

Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026 Amazing Red was a TNA original when the company was founded as a territory under the National Wrestling Alliance. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 Verdigreen, founded by Azie and Travis Shelhorse, specializes in revamping historic inns, with three sister properties in Savannah (the Gastonian, Eliza Thompson House, and Kehoe House) as well as the Hudson Valley and New Hampshire. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026

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The Wright brothers launched their airplane factory at a time when Dayton had established itself as one of the world's most innovative cities, according to Lockhart, who noted that Dayton was the home of several world-changing inventions at the time.

— Randy Tucker, USA Today, 15 June 2026
The Cleveland Foundation is considered the first community foundation, established in 1914 by lawyer Frederick Harris Goff as a way to fund durable change in the city.

— James Pollard, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026