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

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

“AI is world historical and it’s going to be used everywhere,” he said, but “you can’t expect founders to enter new markets if they don’t understand culture.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

It wasn’t just the ancient Greeks and the American founders who favored classical forms; Roman emperors and the Nazis did too.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

This is why the founders were wise to insist on creating the United States as a secular nation.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Almost all of the sons of the founders were implicated, although none of them knew concretely what action they were plotting.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez