Founder

Quick meaning: Founder is a noun meaning One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

Meaning

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

More Meanings

1. (genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
2. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
3. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
4. (veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
5. (intransitive, of a ship) To flood with water and sink.
6. (intransitive, especially of horses) To fall; to stumble and go lame.
7. (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.

Example Sentences

the founder effect

a founder population

The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.

Among the Ashkenazi Jews in the positive group, 81 percent had one of the three founder mutations, suggesting that 23andMe's test could be helpful for them.

Word Forms

• founders
• foundering
• foundered

Synonyms for founder

Depending on context, synonyms include break, give, collapse, flop, beginner, father.

Antonyms for founder

Common opposites include ruiner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include give, beginner, father, break, collapse, flop.

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