Synonyms and Antonyms of institution
1
a public organization with a particular purpose or function
- a charitable institution devoted to raising funds to feed the hungry
2
a person who has long been associated with a place or activity
- an actor who has been a Broadway institution for decades
3
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
- an institution devoted to studying social problems and proposing solutions for them
association, board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, league, order, organization, society, sodality
collective, commune, community, cooperative
alliance, bloc, camp, coalition, partnership
body, cadre, group
circle, clan, clique, coterie, junta, junto, klatch (also klatsch), lot, set
crew, outfit, party, squad, team
branch, chapter, local
faithful, fold, membership
sisterhood, sorority
cabal, camarilla, camorra, confederacy, conspiracy
band, gang, ring
cartel, combine, syndicate
4
a place where insane people are cared for
- their father was committed to an institution after his mental health began to rapidly deteriorate
