CONSTITUTED Synonyms: 156 Similar and Opposite Words

constituted

verb

past tense of constitute

as in comprised

to be all the substance of nine players constitute a baseball team

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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

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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

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as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action charged with enforcing such regulations as are constituted by the government

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Recent Examples of constituted The administration argued that the fee constituted a monetary penalty that the president had lawful authority to impose under federal immigration law to restrict the entry of ⁠certain foreign nationals. —

Reuters, NBC news, 8 June 2026 Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling Monday, June 8, in a lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic state attorneys general, finding the fee constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 June 2026 The document cites the fact that Anthropic has given some Claude models the ability to end conversations with abusive users; if that actually constituted protection for Claude, surely extending conversations with loving users would be in Claude’s interests? —

Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 These vessels and crews, whose wages were paid by the American government, constituted what many historians consider America’s first navy. —

Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026 Alhambra said Jones’ and Creeden’s employment at the Bank of Labor, of which the union is a majority shareholder, constituted wire fraud conspiracy. —

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026 Some lawmakers have questioned whether that follow-on strike constituted a war crime. —

CBS News, 31 May 2026 The branch consisted of two neighboring buildings that together constituted one of the main centers for interrogation and detention. —

Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026 There were many names, and just as many distinct visions of what constituted justice. —

Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

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The group is comprised of representatives from more than 85 organizations.

— Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
The impact with Bell’s Camry severely deformed the SAFER barrier, which is comprised of steel and foam to absorb energy in wrecks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026