Synonyms for constitute
ˈkɒn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut

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1. constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be(verb)

   form or compose

   "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

   Synonyms:
   play, follow, embody, act, found, live, institute, even up, make up, compensate, fabricate, appoint, establish, equal, symbolize, even out, present, lay out, exist, make, pay, incorporate, typify, be, exemplify, form, cost, reconcile, stand for, correct, invent, consist, plant, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, defend, represent, stage, conciliate, comprise, patch up, nominate, even off, name, symbolise, interpret, cook up, correspond, personify, contain, map, pay off, settle

2. appoint, name, nominate, constitute(verb)

   create and charge with a task or function

   "nominate a committee"

   Synonyms:
   found, form, put up, list, appoint, identify, represent, be, bring up, mention, name, describe, advert, plant, put forward, comprise, establish, key out, propose, institute, diagnose, call, charge, discover, make up, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make

3. form, constitute, make(verb)

   to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"

   "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

   Synonyms:
   wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, organise, institute, draw, cook, have, piddle, hold, mold, piss, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, defecate, spring, lay down, name, pass water, comprise, mould, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, make water, gain, ready, found, imprint, establish, be, realize, make up, give, attain, pull in, induce, form, pee, make, wee, plant, ca-ca, get, take shape, prepare, micturate, shape, take in, score, build, make believe, forge, throw, arrive at, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, represent, puddle, take a crap, clear, appoint, produce, nominate, organize, take a leak, take form, cause, urinate, work, fix, realise, stool, seduce, construct

4. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute(verb)

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Synonyms:
   engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, establish, make up, bring, nominate, make, show

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1. constitute(verb)

   Synonyms:
   establish, form, enact, make up, compose

2. constitute(verb)

   To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

   Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.-- Jeremy Taylor.

   Synonyms:
   form, enact, make up, compose, establish

3. constitute(verb)

   To make up; to compose; to form.

   Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.--Johnson.

   Synonyms:
   enact, make up, compose, form, establish

4. constitute(verb)

   To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

   Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.-- William Wordsworth.

   Synonyms:
   form, make up, enact, compose, establish

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. constitute

   Make is essentially causative; to the idea of cause all its various senses may be traced (compare synonyms for CAUSE). To make is to cause to exist, or to cause to exist in a certain form or in certain relations; the word thus includes the idea of create, as in Gen. i, 31, "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Make includes also the idea of compose, constitute; as, the parts make up the whole. Similarly, to cause a voluntary agent to do a certain act is to make him do it, or compel him to do it, compel fixing the attention more on the process, make on the accomplished fact. Compare COMPEL; DO; INFLUENCE; (make better) AMEND; (make haste) QUICKEN; (make known) ANNOUNCE; AVOW; CONFESS; (make prisoner) ARREST; (make up) ADD; (make void) CANCEL.

   See synonyms for ABOLISH; BREAK; DEMOLISH.

   Synonyms:
   become, bring about, bring into being, bring to pass, cause, compel, compose, constrain, construct, create, do, effect, establish, execute, fabricate, fashion, force, frame, get, make, make out, make up, manufacture, occasion, perform, reach, render, require, shape

   Preposition:
   Make of, out of, or from certain materials, into a certain form, for a certain purpose or person; made with hands, by hand; made by a prisoner, with a jack-knife.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. constitute

   Synonyms:
   form, make, compose, appoint, depute, organize, institute

   Antonyms:
   dissolve, destroy, discompose, decompose, disorganize, abrogate, annul, unmake

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. constitute(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   form, compose, make, make up, enter into the composition of

2. constitute(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   appoint, depute, empower

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "constitute":

   represent, pose, are, form, constitutes, comprise, be, provide, constituted, grantor

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1. Rafael Poveda:

   We want mining to constitute the axis which will allow us to improve living conditions for communities and 15 million Ecuadorians.

2. Wang Man:

   Neither should constitute a crime.

3. David Kim:

   Ordinary Koreans would not know the existence of those minor Christian sects unless they have a personal connection through the relationship of family, friends or colleagues, these groups constitute a rather small number of people.

4. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi:

   For young people who constitute a greater chunk of the populace, reliance on the internet for daily functions has become a must, business, both small and large wouldn't be able to continue their everyday activities should the government keep the people cut out.

5. Margaret Fuller:

   It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore.

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