institutionalized

Questions about institutionalized

What does institutionalized mean?

institutionalized means "officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in institutionalized?

institutionalized has 6 syllables: in-stitu-tio-na-li-zed. The stress falls on "tio". In IPA it is /ˌɪnstɪˈtuʃənəˌlaɪzd/.

What is another word for institutionalized?

Close synonyms include institutionalised, institutionalised. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of institutionalized?

The recorded antonyms are noninstitutionalized.

Is institutionalized a common word?

institutionalized is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with institutionalized?

29 words rhyme with institutionalized. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.