Synonyms of institutes

institutes 1 of 2

noun

plural of institute

1

as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

founded an institute to combat the cruel treatment of animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organizations
• institutions
• associations
• societies
• chambers
• fraternities
• brotherhoods
• colleges
• councils
• boards
• groups
• fellowships
• communes
• guilds
• collectives
• communities
• leagues
• clubs
• cadres
• teams
• consortia
• chapters
• congresses
• partnerships
• sodalities
• coalitions
• orders
• alliances
• cooperatives
• circles
• camps
• parties
• squads
• clans
• bodies
• cliques
• branches
• blocs
• crews
• coteries
• sororities
• outfits
• locals
• sets
• memberships
• bands
• folds
• syndicates
• cartels
• confederacies
• gangs
• juntas
• conspiracies
• cabals
• sisterhoods
• lots
• klatches
• combines
• faithfuls
• juntos
• rings
• camarillas
• camorras

2

as in institutions

a public organization with a particular purpose or function

a scientific institute researching a cure for cancer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• institutions
• groups
• foundations
• establishments
• charities
• corporations
• enterprises
• philanthropies
• collectives
• bodies
• think tanks

institutes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of institute

as in founds

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

• founds
• establishes
• pioneers
• initiates
• launches
• plants
• creates
• introduces
• begins
• authors
• inaugurates
• constitutes
• fathers
• starts
• innovates
• originates
• constructs
• organizes
• manufactures
• sets up
• develops
• devises
• funds
• produces
• cooks (up)
• invents
• thinks (up)
• finances
• conceives
• concocts
• subsidizes
• makes up
• expands
• contrives
• reinstitutes
• systematizes
• endows
• enlarges
• systemizes
• arranges
• fabricates
• refounds
• reinitiates
• relaunches
• puts up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closes (down)
• shuts (up)
• ends
• stops
• abolishes
• annihilates
• nullifies
• annuls
• finishes
• phases out
• terminates
• halts
• rounds (off or out)
• winds up
• wraps up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of institutes

Noun

Oeko-Tex operates a global certification system through 17 independent textile and leather testing institutes in Europe and Japan. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

But given the public interest in solving this challenge, there is a case for taxing the training of frontier AI models and devoting the proceeds to additional research at government AI oversight institutes or universities. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Founded in 2021, Helical Fusion aims to commercialize fusion research conducted at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), one of Japan’s leading public research institutes. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026

Meanwhile, Beijing widens Japan export curbs, targeting drone makers, nuclear firms and defense institutes. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 July 2026

The Foreign Office announced sanctions against seven people and two scientific institutes. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

Each year, Congress apportions funds to individual institutes within NIH based on what lawmakers deem most critical to the public. — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

The Yale Quantum Institute, founded in 2014, is one of the country’s first quantum research institutes. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026

Although the role and impact of basic scientific research have not always been appreciated by the public, both political parties have traditionally been very supportive of research in universities and research institutes. — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 16 June 2026

Verb

Imagine, for example, a bot tasked with reducing the federal deficit that institutes an elaborate and hard-to-detect accounting gimmick, or a customer-service agent that issues absurd discounts in pursuit of customer-satisfaction ratings. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

After the freeze of nearly $800 million in federal research funds, the deal’s resolution both restores essential support for academic research and institutes new requirements intended to bolster anti-discrimination efforts—especially against anti-Semitism. — Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025

In areas where our UDC system has been deployed, the grid operator instead institutes a brownout, cutting power by 90 percent. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2017