CARRIES OUT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

carries out

verb

present tense third-person singular of carry out

as in fulfills

to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully

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Recent Examples of carries out Sell Your Gold carries out that assessment as the potential buyer. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 Hitler comes to power; Lajos, by now a regional administrator, reluctantly carries out the Nazis’ orders, consigning the local Jewish population to death; Ilona and her husband flee to America by way of Switzerland. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026 The company showcased the upgrade in a video where Spot reads a handwritten to-do list and carries out tasks such as organizing shoes, picking up cans, and placing clothes in a laundry basket. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026 Noem testified during a shutdown during a war Noem’s testimony came during a shutdown at DHS as Democrats demand changes to the way Trump carries out his immigration agenda. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026 His administration has thrown its support behind Netanyahu, though, as Israel carries out its ground offensive in Gaza City. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carries out

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Yamazaki discussed the film and why bringing one of his favorite kaiju, King Ghidorah, to the big screen in this installment fulfills a childhood dream.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
The payment fulfills a key condition attached to the royal pardon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of fulfills

Verb

Republican hopes for keeping the presidency will be shaped by how the current president performs in the final two years of his second term.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
On top of that, Medicare will pay less when a doctor sees a patient and performs a minor procedure, like a biopsy, at the same visit.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of performs

Verb

Artistically and emotionally, Fatherland accomplishes more in its 82-minute runtime than any two-hour-plus movie released this year.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Seattle accomplishes this by masterfully disguising defensive assignments before the snap, which can force Mahomes to diagnose where to go with the football only after dropping back.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of accomplishes

Verb

So fill a surface with words, more words and larger words than are necessary; fill a surface with something—anything—that achieves a minimal degree of individuation as well as commercial persuasion.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
The five-phase program will begin with initial criticality, the point at which a reactor achieves a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieves

Verb

This suspect returns back to his car, retrieves his handgun, walks back over to the victim, who’s trying to crawl away with her life, and executes her.

— Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
The aircraft executes anti-surface warfare (ASuW) through elegant communications and data link systems.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of executes

Verb

California Surfaces does mostly new homes and commercial jobs such as airports and hospitals.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
The robot does the physical work while a person controls its movements from a safer location.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of does

Verb

When a team makes an investment in a cornerback like Indianapolis did, that player should be trusted to take on any receiver in the league.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026
Digital twin technology makes this possible by creating virtual representations of real-world objects, systems, and processes that can be updated with operational data.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

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