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

Countries typically built these large-scale computers at their national institutes to make scientific breakthroughs and attain economic leadership, while also deploying them for national security measures. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

That’s thanks to educational institutions like the University of Toronto, and public-private research institutes like the Vector Institute, which Hinton co-founded to help commercialize AI breakthroughs. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

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

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

Verb

Sometimes, the administration institutes a cap on GPU export numbers to firms like Alibaba. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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 addition, the Oregon initiative institutes a ban on large-capacity magazines – those that hold more than 10 rounds and allow shooters to fire for longer periods before reloading. — Alex McCourt, The Conversation, 15 Nov. 2022

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