Synonyms of instituted

instituted

verb

past tense of institute

as in founded

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instituted

Last year, the NCAA instituted a ban on transgender athletes participating in women's college sports. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

An investigation by the National Post reported a price drop of 70 percent or more for black-market pills in cities that had instituted safer supply. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

The remaining 18 players were dissatisfied with the safeguards the league has instituted to prevent a situation akin to the Clase-Ortiz scandal. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Those replaced a global tariff instituted under a law allowing a president to impose temporary tariffs to address particular economic problems. — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026

How The Charter Deal Came Together When IndyCar instituted the Charter System in late 2024, it was intended to help create value and equity for the teams that regularly participate in the series. — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

On this day in 1377, the lawmakers there instituted the first quarantine in the world. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

First many states, like South Carolina, had substantial restrictions already in place before the full stay-at-home order was instituted, making a single date of intervention misleading. — Marc Lipsitch, STAT, 21 July 2026

Already this week, Orlando has instituted a freeze on new hiring. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026