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institute
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of INSTITUTE
1
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest <founded an institute to combat the cruel treatment of animals>
Synonyms board, brotherhood, chamber, club, college, congress, consortium, council, fellowship, fraternity, guild (also gild), institute, institution, league, order, organization, society, sodality
Related Words 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
2
a public organization with a particular purpose or function <a scientific institute researching a cure for cancer>
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