Synonyms of founding

founding 1 of 2

noun

as in initiation

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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founding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of found

as in pioneering

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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Phrases Containing founding

• founding father

• founding father