Synonyms of the word

founder

• n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something…
• n. (genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
• n. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
• n. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
• v. (intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
• v. (intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
• v. (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
• v. (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.
• v. (transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or…

beginner

• n. Someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
• n. Someone who sets (or puts) something in motion.

break

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
• v. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
• v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
• v. (transitive) To ruin financially.
• v. (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
• v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.
• v. (intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
• v. (transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
• v. (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
• v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
• v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
• v. (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
• v. (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
• v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
• v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down;…
• v. (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a…
• v. (sports and games).
• v. (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
• v. (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
• v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
• v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
• v. (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
• v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
• v. (of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
• n. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
• n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
• n. A rest or pause, usually from work. Often the mid-morning breaktime in the school day.
• n. A short holiday.
• n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
• n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast,…
• n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
• n. The beginning (of the morning).
• n. An act of escaping.
• n. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
• n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
• n. (sports and games).
• n. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in…
• n. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
• n. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
• n. (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is,…
• n. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as…

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

collapse

• v. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• v. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
• v. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
• v. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
• v. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
• n. The act of collapsing.
• n. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).

conceiver

• n. One who, or that which, conceives.

fail

• v. (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
• v. (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually…
• v. (transitive) To neglect.
• v. (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To cease to operate correctly.
• v. (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
• v. (intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
• v. (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
• v. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
• v. (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
• v. (archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
• v. (archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
• v. (obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
• v. (obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
• v. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's…
• n. (uncountable, slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
• n. (slang) A failure (condition of being unsuccessful).
• n. (slang, US) A failure (something incapable of success).
• n. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
• n. A failing grade in an academic examination.
• adj. (slang, US) That is a failure.
• n. A piece of turf cut from grassland.

father

• n. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
• n. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
• n. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
• n. A term of respectful address for a priest.
• n. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
• n. The founder of a discipline or science.
• n. A senator of Ancient Rome.
• v. To be a father to; to sire.
• v. (figuratively) To give rise to.
• v. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
• v. To provide with a father.
• v. To adopt as one's own.

flop

• v. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
• v. To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).
• v. (sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer).
• v. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise…
• v. (poker, transitive) To participate in the flop, thus building one's hand with the first community cards.
• v. (slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
• n. An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
• n. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
• n. (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
• n. A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
• adv. Right, squarely, flat-out.
• adv. With a flopping sound.
• n. (computing) A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

inflammation

• n. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
• n. The state of being inflamed.
• n. (medicine) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction…
• n. (archaic) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence.

laminitis

• n. (veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof.

mastermind

• n. A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
• n. A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
• v. To act in the role of mastermind.

miscarry

• v. (obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
• v. (now rare) To go astray; to do something wrong.
• v. To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so.
• v. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
• v. Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.

originator

• n. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

redness

• n. The quality of being red in color.
• n. A red discoloration.

rubor

• n. (pathology) Redness, one of the main signs of inflammation.

settle

• v. (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively;…
• v. (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
• v. (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or…
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
• v. (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous…
• v. (Britain, dialectal) To silence, especially by force; by extension, to kill.
• v. (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
• v. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired state, or make final disposition of (something).
• v. (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to…
• v. (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
• v. (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
• v. (transitive) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
• v. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take…
• v. (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
• v. (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (as dregs, sediment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
• v. (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit properly.
• v. (transitive, of an animal) To impregnate.
• v. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare…
• v. (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive)…
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed;…
• v. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have…
• v. (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively…
• v. (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
• v. (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house,…
• v. (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
• v. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
• v. (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive,…
• n. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
• n. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
• n. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare…

sink

• v. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
• v. (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
• v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
• v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
• v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
• v. (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
• v. (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent…
• n. A basin used for holding water for washing.
• n. A drain for carrying off wastewater.
• n. (geology) A sinkhole.
• n. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
• n. A heat sink.
• n. A place that absorbs resources or energy.
• n. (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
• n. (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink.
• n. (graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network.

stumble

• n. A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
• n. An error or blunder.
• n. A clumsy walk.
• v. (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
• v. (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
• v. (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
• v. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon,…

trip

• n. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
• n. A stumble or misstep.
• n. (figuratively) An error; a failure; a mistake.
• n. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
• n. A faux pas, a social error.
• n. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
• n. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
• n. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
• n. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
• n. (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
• n. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
• n. (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
• n. (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
• n. A flock of wigeons.
• v. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
• v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
• v. (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety,…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
• v. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
• v. (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
• v. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
• v. (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
• v. (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
• v. (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
• adj. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips.