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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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An IPO solves that problem, giving founders, employees, and other private shareholders an opportunity to sell shares at will.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

If tech founders want to stand out in an increasingly saturated and flattened market, they must bolster brilliant ideas by leaning on the one quality AI can’t emulate: humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

By 2017, OpenAI’s founders had started discussing a for-profit structure.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

At the New York event, its second, the crowd skewed male, and the firm is planning a fall session aimed at female founders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Cornwall Capital’s bet against subprime mortgage bonds had quadrupled its capital, from a bit more than $30 million to $135 million, but its three founders never had a Champagne moment.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis