founder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
Types & categories
- inflammation hypernym
Sense 2 verb
fail utterly; collapse
The project foundered
Types & categories
- miscarry hypernym
Related & opposite
- bust derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person who founds or establishes some institution
George Washington is the father of his country
Types & categories
- mastermind hypernym
- cofounder hyponym
- colonizer hyponym
- foundress hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
sink below the surface
Types & categories
- go under hypernym
Related & opposite
- foundering derivation
Sense 5 noun
a worker who makes metal castings
Types & categories
- skilled worker hypernym
- bell founder hyponym
Sense 6 verb
break down, literally or metaphorically
The wall collapsed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
stumble and nearly fall
the horses foundered
Types & categories
- trip hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inflammation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bust |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | miscarry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | institute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | launch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mastermind |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cofounder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | colonizer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foundress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | foundering |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | go under |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | skilled worker |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bell founder |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cave in |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | crash |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | abandon |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | implode |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | buckle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | flop |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | slide down |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | trip |