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

Still, large pools of undeployed capital remain available, and major institutional players show little sign of abandoning real estate as a core asset class. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025

Starting this fall, UW-Madison will require applicants to fill out the CSS Profile, an online application used by around 270 colleges, universities and scholarship programs to award institutional aid, separate from a different form used to apply for federal financial aid. —jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025

Madrid has become one of Europe’s leading content production hubs thanks to a combination of strong industry, diverse locations and institutional support. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025

The Hustler and similar publications offer institutional, regional, and global perspectives on a range of historical events directly from student journalists. —Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025

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