institutions

NOUN

organization, usually educational

Synonyms

WEAK

academy association asylum business clinic college company conservatory establishment fixture foundation guild hospital orphanage school seminar seminary society system think tank university

NOUN

organization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

academy association business clinic company establishment foundation hospital institute school society system university

STRONG

asylum college conservatory fixture guild orphanage seminar seminary

Example Sentences

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Over the past year, activists are also targeting financial institutions more often than they have in the past.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

"Germany is an industrial powerhouse with major defence companies and world-class research institutions."

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

The new framework broadens accountability to nonprofit institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

The host of the weekly series that takes sharply comedic aim at government and institutions announced during his June 28 episode that he will appear on the daytime soap on July 2, 3 and 6.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Cantor was in and out of mental institutions for the remainder of his life, and he died in the mental hospital at Halle in 1918.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife