Synonyms for found
Another word for found is saved, recovered or set up. Below are 10 synonyms and 16 related words across 5 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: founded, founds.
1. adjective: come upon unexpectedly or after searching
- saved synonyms
- recovered synonyms
Antonyms
2. noun: food and lodging provided in addition to money
3. verb: set up or found
- set up synonyms
- launch synonyms
- establish synonyms
4. verb: set up or lay the groundwork for
- plant synonyms
- institute synonyms
- establish synonyms
- constitute synonyms
5. verb: use as a basis for; found on
- ground synonyms
- base synonyms
- establish synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- pay synonyms
- wage synonyms
- salary
- earnings synonyms
- remuneration synonyms
- open synonyms
- open up
- name synonyms
- fix synonyms
- pioneer synonyms
- initiate synonyms
- appoint synonyms
- nominate synonyms
- start synonyms
- build synonyms
- originate synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for found?
You can say saved, recovered, set up, launch or establish instead of found. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "come upon unexpectedly or after searching".
What is the opposite of found?
The opposite of found is lost.
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