Synonyms of commits

commits

verb

present tense third-person singular of commit

1

as in executes

to carry through (as a process) to completion

accused of committing a felony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executes
• accomplishes
• performs
• fulfills
• achieves
• does
• makes
• implements
• prosecutes
• perpetrates
• negotiates
• completes
• carries out
• realizes
• goes through
• carries off
• finishes
• follows through (with)
• pulls off
• practices
• brings off
• attains
• puts through
• brings about
• effectuates
• effects
• repeats
• engages (in)
• works (at)
• reenacts
• ends
• compasses
• nails
• actualizes
• aces
• winds up
• reduplicates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

2

as in pledges

to obligate by prior agreement

we were committed to finishing the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pledges
• vows
• promises
• swears
• engages
• mortgages
• enrolls
• enlists
• troths
• signs on
• contracts
• signs up
• betroths
• affiances
• plights
• overcommits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reneges

3

as in leaves

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

commit only some power to each official

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaves
• hands
• entrusts
• transfers
• gives
• delivers
• delegates
• recommends
• passes
• commends
• relinquishes
• transmits
• consigns
• trusts
• confides
• reposes
• grants
• submits
• turns over
• loans
• vests
• assigns
• lends
• distributes
• confers
• divides
• gives over
• hands over
• bequeaths
• deals (out)
• dispenses
• furnishes
• surrenders
• disperses
• releases
• turns in
• yields
• supplies
• recommits
• wills
• advances
• hands in
• hands on
• hands down
• retransmits
• redelivers
• retransfers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holds
• keeps
• retains
• receives
• owns
• possesses
• reserves
• accepts
• withholds
• takes
• detains
• holds back
• occupies
• takes in
• takes over

4

as in imprisons

to put in or as if in prison

The defendant was committed to prison following the guilty verdict.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisons
• interns
• jails
• incarcerates
• detains
• confines
• restrains
• arrests
• catches
• locks (up)
• restricts
• captures
• apprehends
• shuts
• immures
• limits
• constrains
• seizes
• binds
• impresses
• holds
• keeps
• jugs
• gates
• nabs
• bars
• impounds
• pinches
• picks up
• busts
• enchains
• fetters
• shanghais
• shackles
• trammels
• handcuffs
• manacles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• releases
• liberates
• frees
• discharges
• emancipates
• unbinds
• enfranchises
• unchains
• manumits
• unfetters
• uncages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commits

While Seattle's style of luxury usually requires deferring to a casual aesthetic, the Lotte commits to the kind of high-end hotel that appeals to international business moguls. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The buyer commits the capital, but an operator may manage and commercially deploy the aircraft. — Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

And, also last week, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Nvidia signed a voluntary White House pact that commits them to partnering with independent external auditors. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

The settlement commits Paramount to a reliable stream of theatrical releases for the next five full calendar years — 30 per year in the next two years, rising to 32 per year after that. — Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

But their primitive way of living reveals itself to rather more devastating effect when their third child is born, and Inger commits an act of unthinkable desperation. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

The memorandum commits the parties to cooperation on economic policy, renewable energy and rebuilding ties with the European Union, among other areas. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Those commitments can be withdrawn if Saab is untruthful with investigators or probation officials, commits another crime or otherwise violates the agreement. — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

That everyone commits so fearlessly — and with such straight faces — to the Zellners’ berserk world-building is a joy to behold, aided by a terrific jukebox soundtrack and a chaotic, entropic plot that builds and builds to insane levels of carnage. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026