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

The limit was two kilos per person, and no ration cards had been instituted yet. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Groton, West Haven, and Morris have instituted moratoriums on data center construction in their communities. — Anna Zarra Aldrich, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Byrd and DeSantis each noted the many election law changes Florida has instituted since the infamous 2000 presidential election recount — where Palm Beach County’s butterfly ballots befuddled many voters in a razor-thin race. — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

As previously reported, the MTA last week instituted a similar rule for all worksites at which a curve or elevation change meant the track crew would be out of sight from the nearest subway platform. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

A couple of countries in Europe have instituted four-day workweeks. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

The agency similarly last year instituted a brief pause on NIH being able to spend any money. — STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

But the extent of the racist policies instituted by this administration in his second term is staggering. — Richard Davis, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Joseph said the San Jose Police Department instituted new policies last week in response to the former officer's improper accessing of ALPR data. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026