Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of establish
comparative more established · superlative most established
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
Near-synonyms: long-standing, accomplished (of faits accomplis), in place
Synonyms: long-standing, accomplished, in place
- Having been successful for a long time and therefore recognized and generally respected.
Near-synonym: accomplished
Synonyms: accomplished
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 731 - Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
- Model; procedure; disease; Model; procedure; diseaseExplicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
adjectiveHaving been successful for a long time and therefore recognized and generally respected.
generally accepted and/or formally recognized
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebrought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
adjectivesettled securely and unconditionally
adjectiveconforming with accepted standards
adjectiveintroduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُتَرَسِّخ
- مُتَرَسِّخ (mutarassiḵ)having been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Bulgarian установен
- установен (ustanoven)having been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Danish etableret, anerkendt
- etablerethaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- anerkendthaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- vedtagetdefined, described
- fastdefined, described
- hævdvundetdefined, described
Esperanto establita
- establitahaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
French établi
- établidefined, described
German etabliert
- etablierthaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Hindi कायम
- कायम (kāyam)having been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Hungarian elfogadott, bevett
- elfogadotthaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- bevetthaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- meghatározottdefined, described
- megállapítottdefined, described
Italian accreditato, stabilito
- accreditatohaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- stabilitodefined, described
Latin fundātus, ratus
- fundātushaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- ratusdefined, described
- statutusdefined, described
Malay mapan, mantap
- mapanhaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- mantaphaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Māori tūroa, taketake
- tūroahaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- taketakehaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Norwegian Bokmål etablert
- etablerthaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Portuguese estabelecido
- estabelecidodefined, described
Romanian stabilit, consacrat
- stabilithaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- consacrathaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Spanish establecido
- establecidodefined, described
Swedish etablerad
- etableradhaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
Turkish köklü, esaslı
- köklühaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- esaslıhaving been in existence for some time and generally accepted
- köklüdefined, described
Cite this entry
established. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/established
“established.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/established. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “established,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/established.
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