founder

Noun

1. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
2. A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To flood with water and sink.
2. (especially, intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame.
3. (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
4. (archaic, transitive) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
5. (transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

Opposite of

ruiner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfaʊn.dɚ/

Etymology

From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.

Synonyms

originator

establisher

creator

sink

father

👨‍👦

initiator

inventor

pioneer

submerge

fail

collapse

caster

beginner

🔰

constitutor

laminitis

organizer

cave in

author

flop

break

go down

immerse

founding father

fall flat

progenitor

give way

give

ancestor

smelter

fall in

promoter

submerse

patriarch

organiser

builder

unsuccessful

institutor

flounder

maker

fall through

foundry hand

moulder

chief

fall

beginning

erector

god

emperor

drown

cause

Sentences

He was also the founder of Certicom.