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

Since the founding of NATO after World War II, the United States has underwritten Europe’s defense and held the top military command position in the alliance. — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Lake Ontario's name predates the founding of both the United States and Canada. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Other performative works of this era included the founding of the Kusama Dancing Team, a group of young gay men, and establishment of a gay social club/nude painting studio, Kusama’s Omophile Klub. — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Aug. 2026

The tribute to the Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano founding partner aims to salute a towering career that has shaped, and often protected, some of the industry’s biggest names. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

According to the Imagination Library of Louisville, the nonprofit has mailed more than 700,000 books in the area since its initial founding in 2017. — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Aug. 2026

The City Council voted to name the park — which has had several names since the city’s founding including Market Plaza and Plaza Park — to honor Chavez after the iconic labor leader’s death in 1993. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Since the founding of Major League Baseball, there's never been a team in a full season to reach the postseason with a losing record. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

The latest funding round, led by Manhattan West, brings Starcloud’s total funding since its 2024 founding to $450 million, with new investors including NVIDIA and Cisco Investments, alongside existing backers such as Benchmark and EQT. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Verb

Duarte was named to the Under 30 list in 2012 after founding George Stone Crab in Miami. — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Yet the reunion proceeded without Johnson, the band’s founding drummer, who’d pleaded guilty in 2020 to violating a domestic violence protection order and who was arrested in 2021 on charges of child abuse. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

The founding partners will celebrate the launch with a panel, live performance and reception taking place as part of the Speakers’ Summit Series at the 2026 Toronto Film Festival. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

After founding the city, Hanson lost the home during the Great Depression. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Senegal's founding president, Leopold Sedar Senghor, named the boarding school on Goree Island in 1985 after Mariama Ba, the country’s most famous female author. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

The performance of the founding team will likely determine whether the institution manages to escape bureaucratic traps or reconstitute them under a new name. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

The agents worked for The Spaventa Group (TSG), a Long Island financial firm founded by Andrew Spaventa, a former broker who spent years selling pre-IPO investments before founding TSG in 2020. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

In 1996, Kim became BIFF’s founding festival director, guiding the event through its launch. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing founding

• founding father