Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
founder (noun)one that or establishes - founds
intransitive verb
1.
to become disabled , especially to go lame
2.
to give way - collapse
3.
to become submerged - sink
4.
transitive verb
to come to grief - fail to disable (an animal) especially by excessive feeding
- laminitis
one that metal - founds , especially - typefounder
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
founder (noun)a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
SYNONYMS:
author, begetter, creator, establisher, founder, founding father, generator, inaugurator, initiator, instituter ( institutor), originator, sireRELATED WORDS:
cocreator, cofounder; conceiver, contriver, designer, deviser, formulator, innovator, introducer, inventor, spawner; builder, maker, producer; developer, pioneer, researcher, researchist; organizer, promoter; encourager, galvanizer, inspiration, inspirerNEAR ANTONYMS:
disciple, follower, pupil, student, supporter1.
to be unsuccessful
SYNONYMS:
bomb, collapse, crater, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, tank, wash outRELATED WORDS:
flounder, struggle; decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane; crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire; go under; implode, self-destructNEAR ANTONYMS:
cook, flourish, prosper, thrive; prevail, triumph, win2.
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
SYNONYMS:
buckle, cave (in), crumple, founder, give, go, go out, implode, tumble, yieldRELATED WORDS:
deflate, flatten, melt, melt down; break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall; burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split; crack, crumble, pop, snapNEAR ANTONYMS:
inflate, rise, swellFounder (Wikipedia)
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