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 county’s healthcare system, meanwhile, instituted its fourth year of budget trims in anticipation of major federal cuts to Medicaid. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Park and Recreation recently instituted a 20 mph speed limit along the county’s greenway trails and already has some rules on the books, such as requiring helmets for riders aged 16 or younger. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026

Film strategy One of the first major initiatives Kreiz instituted upon taking over Mattel was the launch of an in-house film division. — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

Now, after a year of evaluation and alterations to its location, U pick fields, methods of payment and schedule, the Knaus team has instituted a few new rules. — Connie Ogle october 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

It was instituted before this past offseason, and teams have had just one transaction cycle under the new world order, which rejiggered how ping-pong balls are given for the NBA’s draft lottery. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

On most topics and especially that of my aunt, my mother instituted our opinions. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

New York City, the nation’s largest school system, instituted a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI through eighth grade, while allowing limited, supervised use in high school. — Susan Gouijnstook, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

It was estimated that before the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was instituted in 2015, about 45,000 Americans lost their lives each year due to lack of insurance and an additional 500,000 went bankrupt because of medical debt. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026