Founder

//ˈfaʊn.dɚ//

Synonyms for "founder" (153 found)

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Noun(1 words)
beginner
Verb(3 words)
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Strong matches (46)

Related words (76)

Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms

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has context

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is a

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manner of

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related to

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similar

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Translations

230 translations across 63 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κτίστης noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • ἀρχηγέτης noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مُؤَسِّس noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • مُؤَسِّسَة noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հիմնադիր noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bani noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • metaləridən noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • müəssis noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • qurucu noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • заснава́льнік noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • заснава́льніца noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • фунда́тар noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • фунда́тарка noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রতিষ্ঠাতা noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • леяр noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • основа́тел noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • основа́телка noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • основополо́жник noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Catalan

4 entries
  • fonedor noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • fundador noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundadora noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundadores noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نوێنەر noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 創始人 /创始人 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 創立者 /创立者 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 創辦人 /创办人 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 建立者 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Czech

4 entries
  • odlévač noun (one who casts metals in various forms)
  • slévač noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • zakladatel noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • zakladatelka noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Danish

4 entries
  • grundlægger noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • stifter noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • støber noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • støber noun (one who casts metals in various forms)

Dutch

4 entries
  • grondlegger noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • oprichter noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • stichter noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • kelderen verb (to sink)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fondisto noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Estonian

1 entries
  • asutaja noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kantaisä noun (someone for whose parents one has no data)
  • kantaäiti noun (someone for whose parents one has no data)
  • kaviokuume noun (disease of hoof)
  • perustaja noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

French

4 entries
  • fondateur noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fondateurs noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fondatrice noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fondeur noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)

Galician

4 entries
  • fundador noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundadora noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • afundir verb (to sink)
  • ir abaixo verb (to sink)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დამაარსებელი noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • დამფუძნებელი noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

German

4 entries
  • Glockengießer noun (one who casts metals in various forms)
  • Gründer noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • Gründerin noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • scheitern verb (to fail)

Greek

4 entries
  • θεμελιωτής noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • ιδρυτής noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • χύτης noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • βουλιάζω verb (to sink)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्रवर्तक noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • संस्थापक noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alapító noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • olvasztár noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • öntő noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • öntőmunkás noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • stofnari noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • peletak dasar noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • pendiri noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Irish

4 entries
  • bunaitheoir noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • bunfhréamh noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • cumhdaitheoir noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fondúir noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Italian

4 entries
  • creatore noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • foggiatore noun (one who casts metals in various forms)
  • fondatore noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fonditore noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 創立者 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 創設者 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 設立者 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 沈没する verb (to sink)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • қалаушы noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • құрушы noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Korean

3 entries
  • 설립자 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 창립자 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • 창설자 noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • негиздөөчү noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • түптөөчү noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຜູ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງ noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Latin

4 entries
  • conditor noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • creātor noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundātor noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • parens noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Latvian

2 entries
  • dibinātāja noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • dibinātājs noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • įkūrėja noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • įkūrėjas noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Grënner noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • основач noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • основачка noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • основоположник noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • основоположничка noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaiwhakatū noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • grunnlegger noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • grunnleggar noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • grunnleggjar noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Old English

1 entries
  • staþoliend noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دوكمهجی noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)

Persian

4 entries
  • بانی noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • بنیانگذار noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • مؤسس noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • نقش بر آب شدن verb (to fail)

Polish

4 entries
  • fundator noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundatorka noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • ochwat noun (disease of hoof)
  • odlewniczka noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • fundador noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundidor noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • afundar verb (to sink)
  • afundir verb (to sink)

Romanian

2 entries
  • fondator noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • întemeietor noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Russian

4 entries
  • воспале́ние копы́та noun (disease of hoof)
  • ламини́т noun (disease of hoof)
  • лите́йщик noun (worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting)
  • лите́йщик noun (one who casts metals in various forms)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • neach-stèidheachaidh noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • osnìvāč noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • оснѝва̄ч noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Slovak

2 entries
  • zakladateľ noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • zakladateľka noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ustanovitelj noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • ustanoviteljica noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Spanish

4 entries
  • fundador noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundadora noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundadoras noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • fundadores noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Swedish

2 entries
  • grundare noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • kantra verb (to sink)

Tajik

4 entries
  • асосгузор noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • бунёдкор noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • бунёнгузор noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • муассис noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Thai

2 entries
  • ผู้ก่อตั้ง noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • ผู้สร้าง noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Turkish

2 entries
  • arpalama noun (disease of hoof)
  • kurucu noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • засно́вник noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • засно́вниця noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • фунда́тор noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • фунда́торка noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بانی noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئاساسچى noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • قۇرغۇچى noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • asoschi noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • muassis noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Veps

1 entries
  • sädai noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • người sáng lập noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Welsh

2 entries
  • sefydlydd noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)
  • sylfaenydd noun (one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author)

Sample sentences

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The hall was built in memory of the founder.

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In the center of the university campus stands the statue of the founder.

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The university bears the name of its founder.

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At the inauguration ceremony a plaque was unveiled in honor of the founder.

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