Synonyms of instituting

instituting

verb

present participle of institute

as in establishing

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

• establishing
• initiating
• founding
• introducing
• creating
• pioneering
• launching
• inaugurating
• constituting
• beginning
• planting
• constructing
• starting
• organizing
• inventing
• innovating
• originating
• devising
• developing
• producing
• authoring
• setting up
• manufacturing
• concocting
• conceiving
• expanding
• thinking (up)
• enlarging
• endowing
• contriving
• subsidizing
• cooking (up)
• fabricating
• funding
• reinstituting
• fathering
• arranging
• financing
• making up
• systematizing
• reinitiating
• relaunching
• systemizing
• refounding
• putting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• abolishing
• shutting (up)
• phasing out
• ending
• stopping
• finishing
• terminating
• halting
• nullifying
• annulling
• annihilating
• winding up
• rounding (off or out)
• wrapping up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instituting

Although Andrew is leaving the FBI in order to return to his family in Missouri, his fantastic contribution instituting critical reforms which resulted in our historic success will live on. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

The courts, which research suggests are ineffective at instituting significant political change, cannot adequately counter today’s democratic crisis. — Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

One method to get ahead of potential issues is instituting regular raw material analysis, creating consistent oversight on input origins. — Sj Studio, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

For the past nine months, the client has been instituting a bill-back program for the property. — Lee Kiser, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Countries like the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, and Brazil are instituting similar policies, putting pressure on players in the global energy trade to ease reliance on crude oil. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026

The first would be instituting standard rules for prior authorization so that everyone – patients, providers, and insurers – are on the same page from the beginning. — Matt Soper, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026

But after cops were increasingly publicly exposed for using Flock to commit crimes, the company mobilized, instituting consequential changes that inhibit the public's ability to hold rogue officers accountable. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Then this summer, the Pentagon took another step and declared its press office a classified space — instituting a policy that journalists must be accompanied by an escort on Pentagon grounds. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026