Synonyms of constituted

constituted

verb

past tense of constitute

1

as in comprised

to be all the substance of

nine players constitute a baseball team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprised
• composed
• formed
• made up
• embodied
• supplemented
• incorporated
• integrated
• complemented
• personified
• completed
• incarnated
• epitomized
• filled (out)
• substantiated
• materialized
• fleshed (out)

2

as in founded

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

a fund was constituted to help needy students attend the prep school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founded
• established
• initiated
• pioneered
• created
• introduced
• instituted
• launched
• began
• inaugurated
• planted
• constructed
• started
• originated
• organized
• invented
• produced
• developed
• innovated
• devised
• set up
• manufactured
• authored
• conceived
• funded
• financed
• concocted
• cooked (up)
• fabricated
• fathered
• arranged
• endowed
• expanded
• thought (up)
• made up
• enlarged
• contrived
• subsidized
• systematized
• reinstituted
• systemized
• reinitiated
• refounded
• put up
• relaunched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closed (down)
• shut (up)
• abolished
• ended
• finished
• stopped
• terminated
• halted
• phased out
• annulled
• nullified
• annihilated
• rounded (off or out)
• wrapped up
• wound up

3

as in appointed

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty

the legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction in this matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appointed
• nominated
• assigned
• named
• designated
• commissioned
• placed
• attached
• delegated
• authorized
• inducted
• created
• elected
• detailed
• instituted
• selected
• chose
• ordained
• inaugurated
• installed
• consecrated
• crowned
• made
• destined
• anointed
• deputed
• deputized
• invested
• drafted
• instated
• voted (in)
• enthroned
• throned
• singled (out)
• handpicked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissed
• discharged
• expelled
• fired
• removed
• ejected
• deposed
• overthrew
• displaced
• ousted
• dethroned
• evicted
• unseated
• threw out
• blackballed
• uncrowned
• unmade

4

as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

charged with enforcing such regulations as are constituted by the government

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enacted
• passed
• approved
• made
• ordained
• dictated
• legislated
• laid down
• effected
• authorized
• permitted
• ratified
• decreed
• sanctioned
• proclaimed
• brought about
• administered
• reenacted
• executed
• confirmed
• allowed
• repassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repealed
• revoked
• rescinded
• abolished
• killed
• canceled
• reversed
• annulled
• abrogated
• invalidated
• nullified
• overturned
• voided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of constituted

For example, in April, former FBI director James Comey was indicted for posting a photo of seashells on a beach that the Department of Justice said constituted a death threat against the president. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

The students challenge that interpretation, contending that the university has not established that their individual statements constituted legally unprotected threats or caused the level of disruption required to justify punishment. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

One of the weirder aspects of the telecom industry, as it’s constituted in the United States right now, is that cell carriers own some of their towers and operate some of their towers. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026

The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993. — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

America was cultural dynamism that constituted soft power, from Hollywood and hip-hop to the once finest university system in the world. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

This constituted an 85% year-over-year increase in economic impact compared to the 2025 show. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, in England and the United States and across continental Europe, statutes that punished idleness sharpened into vagrancy laws that gave police discretionary power to identify when a form of nonaction constituted criminal disorder. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

His attorneys have instead argued the prosecution failed to prove the money constituted a bribe, saying White never intended to use his office to deliver contracts sought by Kamara. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026