FOUNDERS Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of founder

as in flops

to be unsuccessful the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up

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to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered

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Recent Examples of founders

Noun

In 2019, the brand appointed Dorian Tarantini and Matteo Mena, the founders and creative directors of the now-shuttered label M1992, to launch a new line called 1910 Borbonese, under the watch of then-CEO Alessandro Pescara. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 All of that and not to mention my dad was one of the original founders of the AYSO. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Its founders argue that focusing on one specialty at a time makes the technology more sophisticated and accurate than the tools from larger AI companies. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 That arrangement will continue until about three years after the number of co-founders remaining with the company dwindles to fewer than three. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Unsurprisingly, it is often invoked in the world of startups, where founders wielding little more than an idea and big dreams try to take on much larger and wealthier incumbents. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 Alphabet made a similar move in 2014, executing a 2-for-1 stock split that introduced non-voting shares alongside super-voting shares, which allowed the combined control of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to remain at just over 50%. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The village’s colonial founders were unwise to set their community on the river. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Each pays $69 a month to learn from Swoop Scoop's founders and from other members starting their own poop scooping businesses around the country. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for founders

Noun

The league now brings content creators to regular season games, too, and has broadened its reach to include more than just baseball and sports creators.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026
In fact no one from Friends, not the cast, not guest stars, not co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane appear in the docuseries.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of creators

Verb

The importance of competition There are three specific reasons why vote buying usually flops.

— Kenneth Greene, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
In Bait, Ahmed stars as struggling actor Shah Latif, who flops in his audition to play James Bond and then becomes consumed by the quest to become the first Pakistani 007.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of flops

Verb

Some songs are difficult to follow without lyric sheets in hand, and even then, the internal logic collapses, baiting you in with coherent ideas before going in another direction.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
The roots infiltrate through tiny joints or cracks, expand from inside, and the pipe collapses gradually.

— Steven John, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapses

Noun

The study authors estimated that permanent Daylight Saving Time would result in approximately 356 million additional school commutes before sunrise each year in those 14 states, compared with the current system.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
The authors note that high-functioning depression is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5, the manual clinicians use to diagnose mental health conditions.

— Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of authors

Verb

If the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, regulators still have the option of putting it back under the traditional regulations.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
If the effort fails, the president can give another candidate an opportunity to form a government.

— Itay Stern, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of fails

Noun

Soon the fathers, mothers and grandparents cheering girls’ soccer teams will exchange their uncomfortable folding chairs for the hard bleacher seats of indoor soccer or basketball.

— Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Roughly 24 hours after the fathers told the court about the surrogate giving birth, Uthmeier’s office petitioned to intervene as a party in the court case.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026