institution - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for institution , a list of similar words for institution from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Synonyms

• creation
• foundation
• founding
• initiation
• innovation
• instauration
• institution
• introduction
• origination

More generic

• beginning
• commencement
• start

More specific

• authorship
• paternity

Noun

an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

Synonyms

• institution

More generic

• establishment

More specific

• home
• nursing home
• orphanage
• orphans' asylum
• penal facility
• penal institution
• rest home

Noun

a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Synonyms

• asylum
• insane asylum
• institution
• mental home
• mental hospital
• mental institution
• psychiatric hospital

More generic

• hospital
• infirmary

More specific

• Bedlam
• booby hatch
• crazy house
• cuckoo's nest
• funny farm
• funny house
• loony bin
• madhouse
• nut house
• nuthouse
• sanatorium
• snake pit

Noun

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

Synonyms

• institution

More generic

• custom
• tradition

More specific

• levirate

Noun

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Synonyms

• establishment
• institution

More generic

• organisation
• organization

More specific

• academy
• charity
• company
• educational institution
• faith
• financial institution
• financial organisation
• financial organization
• honorary society
• issuer
• medical institution
• organized religion
• religion
• vicariate
• vicarship

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