constituted

Composed or established

Constituted is the past tense of constitute, meaning to make up, form, or establish.

A group of people constitutes a committee; certain behaviors constitute a crime.

The islands constituted a new nation.

Something constituted in a particular way is formally established or composed: a legally constituted authority, a committee constituted of seven members.

composed

made up

Concocted or reconciled

combined · constructed · built · integrated · unified · aggregated · synthesized · blended · compounded · configured

established

founded

Began an institution

ratified · inaugurated · created · formed · organized · incorporated · authorized · empowered · ordained · decreed

legal

statutory

Established by enacted law

legitimate · judicial · adjudicated · tribunal · binding · enforceable · mandated · prescribed · regulatory · procedural

governmental

democracy

Rule by the people

senate · cabinet · executive · judiciary · sovereign · federal · administrative · regime · polity · body politic

Opposites
formation/establishment

constituteddisbanded

Formally broken up

dissolved · abolished · dismantled · disestablished · terminated

composition/makeup

constitutedlacked

Was without

excluded · omitted · missed

legitimacy/authorization

constitutedunauthorized

Not officially permitted

illegitimate · denied · invalidated · delegitimized · nullified

Phrases
Family

constitution, constitute, constitutes, constitutional, constituting, constitutions, unconstitutional, reconstitution, constitutive

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G