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
• designers
• founding fathers
• begetters
• establishers
• innovators
• institutors
• cofounders
• sires
• co-founders
• builders
• inaugurators
• instituters
• developers
• researchers
• co-creators
• organizers
• producers
• cocreators
• promoters
• introducers
• devisers
• formulators
• spawners
• contrivers
• 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 Mines Venture Fund chose Infinite Outdoors as one of its first investments because its founders had a solid foundation and plan for the app’s future, said Zack Bennett, the director of the school’s Beck Venture Center. —Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025

Read the Room is an independent creative agency created by five female founders with backgrounds in global advertising agencies across Beirut, Dubai, New York, Montreal, and Rio de Janeiro. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025

Read the Room is an independent creative advertising agency created by five female founders, including former Leo Burnett Middle East Agency exec Natasha Romariz Maasri, with backgrounds in global ad agencies across Beirut, Dubai, New York, Montreal and Rio de Janeiro. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025

Chosen by Fortune editors for their measurable impact, strategy reach, and capacity to shape the future, MPW Asia 2025 includes founders, CEOs, and other C-suite leaders whose influence crosses borders and industries. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025

The popular event was developed by co-founders and bar maestros, Kelsey Ramage and Erin Hayes, who actually conceived it in New Orleans in 2019. —Jenny Adams, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025

Cox spoke about America's upcoming 250th birthday, saying that the assassination of Kirk was an affront to the founders' vision. —Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025

Band founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will embark on the 12-date Fifty Something tour in June to celebrate the music of the prog rock pioneers, their legacy and the life of Peart. —Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025

Indeed, Schiffmann was more prone to citing postmodernist aphorisms and artists than famous venture capitalists and tech founders. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025