Antonyms for constitute
ˈkɒn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyutcon·sti·tute

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1. constituteverb

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

2. constituteverb

   To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

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

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

3. constituteverb

   To make up; to compose; to form.

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

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

4. constituteverb

   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

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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.

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1. constitute

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

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

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1. • Establish

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. constitute, represent, make up, comprise, beverb

   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, constituteverb

   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, makeverb

   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, instituteverb

   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

How to use constitute in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   President Trump must demand and secure a real, concrete and comprehensive agreement that the Russians will cease their ongoing attacks on our democracy, failure to stand up to Putin would constitute a profound betrayal of the Constitution and our democracy.

2. Andre Peterson:

   There’s nothing that I’ve gotten out of this that would constitute it as a scam because I ’m not gaining anything financially from what we’re doing. The reality of it is that I have a son( Javan) that’s also in the program and has been in the program for four years, if it’s a scam and the kids are not going to school and not doing what they’re supposed to do, then I ’m literally scamming Andre Peterson. And most importantly, I ’m hurting my own son. So when people say stuff like that … I would literally be taking my son’s future and throwing it in the trash.

3. The State Department:

   To be clear: Kremlin approval of this appeal would amount to the Russian government’s wholesale rejection of its commitments under the Minsk agreements, enactment of this resolution would further undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, constitute a gross violation of international law, call into further question Russia’s stated commitment to continue to engage in diplomacy to achieve a peaceful resolution of this crisis.

4. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi:

   United States Secret Service is aware of an off-duty incident involving two employees which may constitute potential policy violations. The individuals will be immediately returned back to their post of duty and placed on administrative leave, there was no impact to the upcoming trip. We have very strict protocols and policies for all employees and we hold ourselves to the highest professional standards. Given this is an active administrative personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further.

5. Jean Genet:

   Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man.

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