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

This demanded, in part, a reframing of what even constituted art. — Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026

However, the large touchpad was too often a little finicky about what constituted a right- or left-click. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

While the case settled, Fairey had insisted his artistic transformation of an Associated Press photograph constituted fair use. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Revenues, which at that time constituted less than half a percent of GDP across Europe, compared with total taxes that often stood at 40 percent of GDP, slumped. — Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026

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