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 White House instituted the ban citing the threat of foreign entities potentially spying or conducting sabotage through the robots. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

If a salary cap and floor are instituted, they could be phased in over a few years and could include amnesty provisions that allow teams to get out of one onerous contract that would otherwise count against the cap, etc. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Michelle Cooper fined for her cleats again The National Women’s Soccer League has fined players in recent weeks for breaking the league’s footwear sponsorship policy, instituted midseason on June 26. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

The Fed also instituted an aggressive bond repurchasing program in late 2008 that helped suppress rates. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, instituted in 2014, gave the poor affordable access to basic banking services and government credit schemes. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979, was instituted after being ratified by nearly 100 nations. — USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Since publication of the New’s initial story, the NYC Transit has instituted a requirement that work orders without payable hours have a note explaining why. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Shortly after arriving at Penn State, Matt Campbell instituted a team competition that served him well in his days at Iowa State. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026