founders

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person who establishes an institution n.
go under, fail v.

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

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founders

Though many items are favorites of the founders, the restaurant, Cardoso said, was built for everyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

How Gilt Groupe helped pave the way for female startup founders in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Gilt was an incubator of sorts for female founders, Wilson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Jack Clark, one of seven founders of Anthropic, said a way of shutting off AI software completely if it gets too dangerous was the kind of thing society "might want to eventually pass rules around".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Now each of these four founders Formed their own House, for each Did value different virtues In the ones they had to teach.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling