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founder has 13 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
stumble and nearly fall
“the horses foundered”
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
a person who founds or establishes some institution
“George Washington is the father of his country”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for founder come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a worker who makes metal castings