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

In 1973, Congress passed a law instituting permanent daylight saving time for what was supposed to be a trial period from January 1974 to April 1975. — Deepti Hajela, Fortune, 16 July 2026

However, in 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order instituting a moratorium on the death penalty in California, granting a temporary reprieve to all individuals sentenced to death. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

New Yorkers must be allowed a choice to instituting open primaries — also called nonpartisan elections — and a petition drive by the government reform group Unite NY will make that referendum happen either this November or next fall. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 July 2026

The foul did not receive even a yellow card on the field prior to the video room instituting a review. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

The court said in a statement that Congo had filed an application instituting proceedings. — Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

Against that backdrop, Art Basel has spent the last year retooling both its in-person fair experience and instituting support measures for its exhibitors. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 June 2026

That’s in addition to problems like data drift, bias in training data, black swan events, and other things that the panelists touched on in pondering the challenges of instituting these systems in a highly regulated industry. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

During last year’s budget negotiations, public sector unions signed new agreements with the state that resulted in moderate pay increases in exchange for suspending retirement contributions and instituting a leave program for state employees. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026