foundress
Woman who establishes
A foundress is a woman who founds something—an institution, organization, or religious order.
The word parallels founder but specifies female gender: She was the foundress of the charity.
Like other feminine forms ending in -ess, foundress has become less common as founder increasingly applies to people of any gender.
Female family leader
- ancestressFemale from whom one descends
- progenitressFemale originator of lineage
- foremotherFemale forebear
- lineageDescent from progenitors
dynasty · bloodline · heritage · clan · house · nobility · succession · heir
Religious sisters' dwelling
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- nunHebrew alphabet's fourteenth
sister · congregation · vocation · cloister · priory · habit · novitiate · benefactress
One who creates permanently
- creatorOne who produces something
- originatorOne who initiates
- inauguratorOne who formally commences
- initiatorOne who starts something
organizer · benefactress · patroness · charter · endowment · school · hospital · charity
Most powerful chess piece
- reproductiveRelated to producing offspring
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- hiveBee dwelling structure
- swarmMass of moving insects
worker · drone · ant · bee · wasp · termite · eusocial · brood
First to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
settler · homesteader · explorer · adventurer · frontierswoman · colonist · establishment · settlement
matriarch
Female family leader
- ancestressFemale from whom one descends
- progenitressFemale originator of lineage
- foremotherFemale forebear
lineage · dynasty · bloodline · heritage · clan · house · nobility · succession · heir · descendant
convent
Religious sisters' dwelling
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- abbeyMonastic house of worship
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
nun · sister · congregation · vocation · cloister · priory · habit · novitiate · benefactress · patroness
establisher
One who creates permanently
- creatorOne who produces something
- originatorOne who initiates
- inauguratorOne who formally commences
initiator · organizer · benefactress · patroness · charter · endowment · school · hospital · charity · organization
queen
Most powerful chess piece
- reproductiveRelated to producing offspring
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- hiveBee dwelling structure
swarm · worker · drone · ant · bee · wasp · termite · eusocial · brood · caste
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- innovatorCreator of new methods
visionary · settler · homesteader · explorer · adventurer · frontierswoman · colonist · establishment · settlement · territory
- nunsnun, nuns, sister, sisters, convent
- religious lifereligious vows, religious sisters, religious habit, novitiate, motherhouse
- insect castesqueen bee, queen ant, worker bee, worker ant, soldier ant
foundressdestroyer
One that ruins completely
abolisher · dismantler · liquidator · dissolver · terminator
found, foundation, founder, founding, founded, unfounded, confound, foundational, cofounder