Synonyms of institute

institute 1 of 2

noun

ˈin(t)-stə-ˌtüt 

1

as in organization

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

founded an institute to combat the cruel treatment of animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organization
• institution
• association
• society
• chamber
• fraternity
• council
• consortium
• board
• brotherhood
• group
• college
• guild
• commune
• league
• club
• collective
• community
• team
• chapter
• cadre
• fellowship
• congress
• order
• partnership
• coalition
• alliance
• sodality
• camp
• cooperative
• party
• circle
• body
• branch
• squad
• crew
• clan
• clique
• bloc
• junta
• membership
• set
• sorority
• confederacy
• coterie
• band
• outfit
• cartel
• gang
• fold
• syndicate
• faithful
• conspiracy
• combine
• cabal
• lot
• sisterhood
• local
• ring
• klatch
• junto
• camarilla
• camorra

2

as in institution

a public organization with a particular purpose or function

a scientific institute researching a cure for cancer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• institution
• group
• foundation
• establishment
• corporation
• charity
• enterprise
• body
• collective
• philanthropy
• think tank

institute

2 of 2

verb

as in to pioneer

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is generally credited with instituting the women's-rights movement in 1848

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pioneer
• establish
• initiate
• found
• launch
• introduce
• create
• inaugurate
• begin
• plant
• constitute
• start
• organize
• construct
• author
• innovate
• develop
• originate
• set up
• devise
• invent
• produce
• fund
• manufacture
• finance
• father
• make up
• conceive
• expand
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• endow
• subsidize
• reinstitute
• concoct
• enlarge
• arrange
• systematize
• contrive
• fabricate
• systemize
• reinitiate
• relaunch
• put up
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• close (down)
• shut (up)
• abolish
• stop
• end
• nullify
• annul
• phase out
• finish
• terminate
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of institute

Noun

But the criteria for selecting that non-profit was written to exactly match Michelson's new institute, so no other entity in the state could possibly qualify. — John Ramos, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

The institute now has 37 patients off anti-organ rejection medication after their transplant surgeries, which according to Nadig, is more than anywhere else in the world. — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Verb

In 2001, the Dutch instituted a revised policy, under which Von Saher claimed for return of some other works in 2004, but not the Cranach. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

League-wide, batting averages on ground balls surged after baseball instituted new rules. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026