founder - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a person who founds or establishes some institution

Synonyms

• beginner
• father
• founder
• founding father

More generic

• conceiver
• mastermind
• originator

More specific

• cofounder
• coloniser
• colonizer
• foundress

Noun

a worker who makes metal castings

Synonyms

• founder

More generic

• skilled worker
• skilled workman
• trained worker

More specific

• bell founder

Noun

inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Synonyms

• founder
• laminitis

More generic

• inflammation
• redness
• rubor

Verb

stumble and nearly fall

Synonyms

• founder

More generic

• stumble
• trip

Verb

break down, literally or metaphorically

Synonyms

• break
• cave in
• collapse
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give way

More generic

• change

More specific

• break
• buckle
• crumple
• flop
• go off
• implode
• sink
• slide down
• slump

Related

• abandon
• burst
• collapse
• give up

Verb

sink below the surface

Synonyms

• founder

More generic

• go down
• go under
• settle
• sink

Verb

fail utterly; collapse

Synonyms

• fall flat
• fall through
• flop
• founder

More generic

• fail
• go wrong
• miscarry

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