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

The company, founded in 1995, has grown through a combination of scale and acquisitions, building an operation that spans much of the food supply chain. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

The province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake. — Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Producing audience-grabbing videos was how Good Good quickly ascended to become one of golf’s up-and-coming brands among younger fans since it was founded as a YouTube channel in 2020. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Other listings include experts who passed away before the IBI was founded, such as Shlomo Avineri and Jiang Ping. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Saving College Sports, a group founded by wealthy businessman and Texas Tech University Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell, is launching a seven-figure ad buy supporting the legislation, according to details first shared with Semafor. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

As for other homegrown brands, Moonglaze, founded by makeup artist Yara Alnamlah, launched at Sephora Middle East earlier this year, the first Saudi brand to launch at the retailer. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

The Gwangju Biennale was founded in 1994 to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, during which hundreds of civilians were killed during a protest against the authoritarian military government’s brutal crackdown on civil rights. — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Indeed, Killer Films, the company she co-founded with Pamela Koffler, last year celebrated its 30th anniversary. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026