institutional

adjective

in·​sti·​tu·​tion·​al ˌin(t)-stə-ˈt(y)ü-sh(ə-)nəl 

1

: of or relating to an institution

institutional knowledge

2

: characteristic of or appropriate to institutions

bland institutional cooking

institutional green walls

institutionally adverb

Examples of institutional in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But single-family rentals — the product institutional investors like Amherst specialize in, and the one directly targeted by the ROAD to Housing Act — are moving in the opposite direction. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026

The New Zealand All Blacks rugby team formed a commercial entity to welcome investment from private equity firm Silver Lake, and Spain’s LaLiga did the same with institutional investor CVC. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026

Schroeder has served as Sundance Institute’s general counsel since 2020, providing legal and operational counsel through a period of significant institutional change. — Brent Lang, Variety, 30 July 2026

The works are considered an exclamatory response to the institutional question of how to collect and display dance, a typically ephemeral form. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing institutional

• anti-institutional
• institutional racism
• inter-institutional
• multi-institutional

Rhymes for institutional

• attributional
• constitutional
• convolutional
• distributional
• involutional
• substitutional
• interinstitutional
• noninstitutional
• unconstitutional