Synonyms of founders

founders 1 of 2

noun

plural of founder

as in creators

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor

Maria Montessori was the founder of an educational system dedicated to maximizing a child's creative potential

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creators
• authors
• fathers
• inventors
• pioneers
• makers
• originators
• initiators
• generators
• founding fathers
• designers
• innovators
• begetters
• establishers
• cofounders
• sires
• builders
• inaugurators
• instituters
• developers
• researchers
• producers
• organizers
• promoters
• introducers
• formulators
• spawners
• contrivers
• cocreators
• devisers
• inspirers
• conceivers
• encouragers
• inspirations
• galvanizers
• researchists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• students
• pupils
• supporters
• followers
• disciples

founders

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of founder

1

as in flops

to be unsuccessful

the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flops
• fails
• collapses
• struggles
• tanks
• folds
• bombs
• misses
• falls short
• lays an egg
• falls flat
• comes up empty
• comes to grief
• comes a cropper
• strikes out
• craters
• dies on the vine
• flames out
• washes out
• flunks
• falls on one's face
• goes under
• crashes
• declines
• flounders
• skids
• slips
• crumbles
• misfires
• wanes
• miscarries
• slumps
• sinks
• implodes
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goes
• succeeds
• goes over
• works out
• comes off
• delivers
• clicks
• cooks
• flourishes
• thrives
• pans out
• triumphs
• prevails
• wins
• prospers

2

as in collapses

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapses
• goes
• gives way
• goes out
• gives
• tumbles
• dies
• yields
• caves (in)
• buckles
• crumbles
• melts
• implodes
• crumples
• shatters
• crashes
• stalls
• gives out
• fails
• bursts
• breaks down
• splits
• melts down
• pops
• breaks
• cracks
• snaps
• flattens
• smashes
• splinters
• conks (out)
• deflates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• swells
• inflates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of founders

Noun

The Fortune Leaders Forum will convene Fortune 500 executives and founders of leading Asian companies to help define the future of leadership in an age of convergence and complexity. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Nearly ten years after its founders Luke Cosby and Rob Lo came together in Canada to launch a fashion label rooted in denim and streetwear, Purple Brand is getting into footwear. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 15 July 2026

Rather than uniting America’s founders, slavery divided the authors of both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence as a moral issue. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Schochet and Noah McGuinness, the company's founders, met about a decade ago on the first day of engineering class at Princeton University. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Since the founders put their names to the Declaration of Independence, there have been revolutions in science, technology, medicine, art and literature. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

These experiences inspired the co-founders to open the first Sloomoo Institute in New York City in 2019, followed by locations in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles, along with miniMOO outposts in Philadelphia and Boston. — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026

Given Central City’s post-pandemic troubles, amid a boom in dance music across culture more broadly, Origin’s founders hope the scene can do it again. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Other founders are creating supportive communities for independent professionals, social clubs for specific age groups, and co-working spaces to combat isolation. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026