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founders

NOUN

person who establishes an institution

Synonyms

STRONGEST

architect author benefactor builder creator designer inventor organizer patron planner

STRONG

beginner constructor framer generator initiator maker originator

WEAK

establisher forebearer institutor prime mover

Antonyms

STRONGEST

opponent

VERB

go under, fail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abort break down fall through stumble

STRONG

collapse fall lurch miscarry misfire sink sprawl stagger submerge submerse trip

WEAK

be lost come to nothing go down go lame go to bottom

Antonyms

STRONG

increase rise

WEAK

accomplish achieve succeed

Example Sentences

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Berry Park was already divided into holiday flats when the founders - including John, Nikki and two other families - bought it about five years ago, forming a limited company in which members buy equity.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He has told startup founders they needed to spend more money, minutes into an initial meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Musk, who is embroiled in a legal battle against the founders of OpenAI, is leasing access to his Colossus data centers to Anthropic for $1.25 billion per month.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Disclosure: Yassine, Katritch, and Louie are founders of PeBRx, a company developing cPLA2 inhibitors.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Over the course of the next four decades, the national debate over slavery and its expansion into the West was often framed as an argument over the intent of the founders.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis