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

The committee said the institutes are governed by Chinese law, are directed by Chinese-majority boards and are aligned with Chinese Communist Party security goals. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

The cells will undergo electrical, thermal, and safety testing at Mercedes-Benz facilities and specialized external institutes. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

In truth, the German economy has shown signs of recovery since the start of this year, leading economic research institutes to revise their full year growth forecasts upward. — CNBC, 25 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

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

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