Synonyms of founding

founding 1 of 2

noun

as in initiation

Related Words

• initiation
• creation
• institution
• inauguration
• origination
• inception
• beginning
• start
• drawing board
• genesis
• commencement
• origin
• fountain
• spring
• first base
• germ
• outset
• cradle
• launch
• source
• birth
• onset
• arrival
• dawn
• well
• emergence
• alpha
• ground zero
• baseline
• opening
• fountainhead
• debut
• nascence
• morning
• square one
• day one
• childhood
• nascency
• threshold
• root
• kickoff
• advent
• incipiency
• infancy
• incipience
• seedbed
• wellspring
• dawning
• get-go
• appearance
• youth

Dissimilar Words

• end
• conclusion
• close
• ending
• completion
• period
• closing
• termination
• stop
• cessation
• closure
• omega
• finish
• finale
• windup

founding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of found

as in establishing

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

• establishing
• pioneering
• initiating
• launching
• introducing
• creating
• beginning
• instituting
• inaugurating
• starting
• originating
• planting
• organizing
• constructing
• constituting
• innovating
• developing
• inventing
• authoring
• manufacturing
• setting up
• producing
• devising
• thinking (up)
• conceiving
• expanding
• funding
• cooking (up)
• fathering
• financing
• enlarging
• endowing
• making up
• refounding
• arranging
• subsidizing
• contriving
• concocting
• fabricating
• systematizing
• relaunching
• reinstituting
• putting up
• reinitiating
• systemizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• abolishing
• phasing out
• ending
• finishing
• stopping
• terminating
• halting
• annulling
• nullifying
• annihilating
• winding up
• rounding (off or out)
• wrapping up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of founding

Noun

Taalas has raised a total of $219 million in venture funding since its 2023 founding. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Three stadiums are operational where two existed at the league's founding. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

His professional background is in private equity, and LAFC, the team he's been with since its founding in 2014, which is widely regarded as one of the most capably run franchises in MLS. — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

Since the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981, leaders of its six member countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have channeled efforts into regional integration. — Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Since its founding in 2009, Little Free Library has expanded its reach from its roots in Hudson, Wis. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Since its founding in 2018, the organization has advocated for policies providing over 10 million people with an opportunity to clear an old record. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Jeffrey Hall, a former employee and founding partner, was appointed and confirmed to serve in the EPA late last year. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

SpaceX was a private company from its founding in 2002 until mid-June of this year, when Elon Musk took it public in the largest IPO in history. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Verb

When Yale and Connecticut Children’s announced closure of their gender clinics, Mel Cordner, founding director of the LGBTQ youth organization Q Plus, said that gender-affirming care has been proven to save lives. — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Her appointment in 2020 formally brought the fourth generation of the founding family into the company’s creative leadership. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

GTMfund's Paul Irving calls distribution the last sustainable moat, and Balaji Srinivasan argues every startup now needs a founding content creator, as Forbes reported in April. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Chesky went to the Rhode Island School of Design and studied industrial design before co-founding Airbnb. — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Baker was known to regale locals with the history of their own homes and the founding Monrovians who lived there before them. — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Alphabet is a founding investor in the new company and will supply cloud compute. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Hoag, who was an early investor in Netflix, has served as a founding general partner at venture-capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) since 1995. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 July 2026

Previously Mendelovitz served as SVP and Head of Drama Development at 20th Television and as Senior Creative Executive for Scripted & Unscripted Programming at Apple TV as part of the streamer’s founding executive team. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 July 2026

Phrases Containing founding

• founding father