INSTITUTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of starting something for the first time
   • introducing something new
   Synonym(s)
   • creation (what does creation mean?)
   • foundation (what does foundation mean?)
   • founding (what does founding mean?)
   • initiation (what does initiation mean?)
   • innovation (what does innovation mean?)
   • instauration (what does instauration mean?)
   • introduction (what does introduction mean?)
   • origination (what does origination mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
   • the foundation of a new scientific society
   • he regards the fork as a modern introduction
   Hypernyms(s) institution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • beginning (what does beginning mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • commencement (what does commencement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • authorship (what does authorship mean?)
   • paternity (what does paternity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • introduce (what does introduce mean?)
   • innovate (what does innovate mean?)
   • create (what does create mean?)
   • originate (what does originate mean?)
   • arise (what does arise mean?)
   • rise (what does rise mean?)
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   • uprise (what does uprise mean?)
   • spring up (what does spring up mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   • originate (what does originate mean?)
   • initiate (what does initiate mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)
   • plant (what does plant mean?)
   • constitute (what does constitute mean?)
   • institute (what does institute mean?)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
   • institutionalize (what does institutionalize mean?)
   • institutionalise (what does institutionalise mean?)
   • send (what does send mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)
   • plant (what does plant mean?)
   • constitute (what does constitute mean?)
   • institute (what does institute mean?)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • set up (what does set up mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)
   • launch (what does launch mean?)
   • establish (what does establish mean?)
   • found (what does found mean?)
   • plant (what does plant mean?)
   • constitute (what does constitute mean?)
   • institute (what does institute mean?)
   • originate (what does originate mean?)
   • initiate (what does initiate mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • initiate (what does initiate mean?)
   • pioneer (what does pioneer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
   Hypernyms(s) institution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • establishment (what does establishment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • home (what does home mean?)
   • nursing home (what does nursing home mean?)
   • rest home (what does rest home mean?)
   • orphanage (what does orphanage mean?)
   • orphans’ asylum (what does orphans’ asylum mean?)
   • penal institution (what does penal institution mean?)
   • penal facility (what does penal facility mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
   Synonym(s)
   • asylum (what does asylum mean?)
   • insane asylum (what does insane asylum mean?)
   • mental home (what does mental home mean?)
   • mental hospital (what does mental hospital mean?)
   • mental institution (what does mental institution mean?)
   • psychiatric hospital (what does psychiatric hospital mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) institution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hospital (what does hospital mean?)
   • infirmary (what does infirmary mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Bedlam (what does Bedlam mean?)
   • booby hatch (what does booby hatch mean?)
   • crazy house (what does crazy house mean?)
   • cuckoo’s nest (what does cuckoo’s nest mean?)
   • funny farm (what does funny farm mean?)
   • funny house (what does funny house mean?)
   • loony bin (what does loony bin mean?)
   • madhouse (what does madhouse mean?)
   • nut house (what does nut house mean?)
   • nuthouse (what does nuthouse mean?)
   • sanatorium (what does sanatorium mean?)
   • snake pit (what does snake pit mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
   • institutionalize (what does institutionalize mean?)
   • institutionalise (what does institutionalise mean?)
   • send (what does send mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
   • institutionalize (what does institutionalize mean?)
   • institutionalise (what does institutionalise mean?)
   • send (what does send mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
   Usage Example(s)
   • the institution of marriage
   • the institution of slavery
   • he had become an institution in the theater
   Hypernyms(s) institution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • custom (what does custom mean?)
   • tradition (what does tradition mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • levirate (what does levirate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
   Synonym(s)
   • establishment (what does establishment mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) institution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organization (what does organization mean?)
   • organisation (what does organisation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • medical institution (what does medical institution mean?)
   • financial institution (what does financial institution mean?)
   • financial organization (what does financial organization mean?)
   • financial organisation (what does financial organisation mean?)
   • issuer (what does issuer mean?)
   • charity (what does charity mean?)
   • company (what does company mean?)
   • religion (what does religion mean?)
   • faith (what does faith mean?)
   • vicariate (what does vicariate mean?)
   • vicarship (what does vicarship mean?)
   • educational institution (what does educational institution mean?)
   • academy (what does academy mean?)
   • honorary society (what does honorary society mean?)