Synonyms for found
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1. found

   Synonyms:
   establish, institute, fix, set, build, set up, base, endow, rest, ground, plant, root

   Antonyms:
   disestablish, subvert, supplant, uproot

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1. foundadjective

   food and lodging provided in addition to money

   "they worked for $30 and found"

   Antonyms:
   missing, lost, wasted, mislaid, stray, misplaced, straying, squandered, gone(p)

2. foundverb

   come upon unexpectedly or after searching

   "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

   Antonyms:
   straying, stray, squandered, lost, missing, gone(p), mislaid, wasted, misplaced

3. establish, set up, found, launchverb

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

   Synonyms:
   tack together, put together, set in motion, lay down, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, establish, put in, base, gear up, put up, frame, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, plunge, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

   Antonyms:
   squandered, straying, misplaced, lost, gone(p), missing, stray, mislaid, wasted

4. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Synonyms:
   engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, establish, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constitute

   Antonyms:
   lost, stray, gone(p), wasted, missing, mislaid, misplaced, straying, squandered

5. establish, base, ground, foundverb

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, ground, set up, install, strand, base, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, establish, prime, anchor, make, show, constitute

   Antonyms:
   gone(p), lost, straying, stray, misplaced, mislaid, missing, wasted, squandered

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1. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   base, set, fix, place, ground, lay the foundation of

2. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   build, construct, erect, raise

3. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, institute, originate

4. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   cast, form in a mould

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1. foundverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, plant, institute, cast, form, mould

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1. List of paraphrases for "found":

   discovered, find, concluded, observed, revealed, detected, encountered, noted, located, identified, finding, considered, discovery, consulted, determined, ruled, reached, seen, showed, recovered, got, uncovered, felt, spotted, noticed, declared, contained, recognized, deemed, struck, thought, saw, finds, shown

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1. Joyce Carol Oates:

   If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it.

2. Sir Winston Churchill:

   For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

3. Philip Cassel:

   Working with my father was something I've always contemplated. So I dived into the business world and found out more about what it is.

4. Jim Berrian:

   The first evidence we found of this species was a shed exoskeleton in the cracks of a rock overhang, the exoskeleton was abnormally big and I could tell by the eye pattern that it was in a group of spiders, wandering spiders from the Family Ctenidae, with very few species in Baja California Sur.

5. Jennifer Lee:

   A year ago, I'd meet people who, when they found out who I was, they'd say, 'Oh, we love the songs! We sing them all the time,' now they're like, 'Yep, we're still listening to those songs.' I've gone from, 'Thank you,' to, 'Sorry!'.