founded
Brought into existence
Founded is the past tense of found, meaning to establish or set up something intended to last—an institution, organization, or settlement: The university was founded in 1636, They founded a new colony.
Founded also serves as the past tense of the other found, meaning to melt and pour metal into a mold, though this use is rare.
To be well-founded or founded on something is to have a solid basis: Her suspicions were well-founded.
Create formally, permanently
- charterFounding organizational document
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- inaugurateBegin officially, with ceremony
- launchSet into motion
institute · initiate · organize · constitute · formalize · create · start · set up
Stable and realistic
- basedLocated or established
- rootedFirmly established in place
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- builtConstructed or assembled
predicated · resting · supported · underpinned · established · premised · reasoned · justified
Legally separate business entity
- startupNew business enterprise
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
firm · institution · enterprise · establishment · partnership · nonprofit · charity · colony
Location of one's birth
- genesisPoint of creation
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- beginningInitial stage of something
cradle · homeland · motherland · source · fountainhead · origination · conception · germination
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
succession · dynasty · founders · charter members · mission · constitution · anniversary · centennial
establish
Create formally, permanently
- charterFounding organizational document
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- inaugurateBegin officially, with ceremony
launch · institute · initiate · organize · constitute · formalize · create · start · set up · form
grounded
Stable and realistic
built · predicated · resting · supported · underpinned · established · premised · reasoned · justified · substantiated
corporation
Legally separate business entity
company · firm · institution · enterprise · establishment · partnership · nonprofit · charity · colony · settlement
birthplace
Location of one's birth
beginning · cradle · homeland · motherland · source · fountainhead · origination · conception · germination · provenance
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
lineage · succession · dynasty · founders · charter members · mission · constitution · anniversary · centennial · commemoration
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
foundeddissolved
Dispersed into solvent
disbanded · abolished · terminated · closed · shut down
foundedunfounded
Without factual support
baseless · groundless · unsubstantiated · unsupported · ungrounded
- found outLearned the truth
- lost and foundStation for reclaiming mislaid belongings
- nowhere to be foundEntirely absent despite searching
- found oneselfBecame unexpectedly located
- found artArtwork from preexisting objects
- found objectsUnaltered items as art
found, foundation, founder, founding, unfounded, confound, confounded, confounding, founds