Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb institutionalize

1 sense of institutionalize

Sense 1
commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")
       => transfer -- (move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital")