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

Section 250 expands on that by dictating that a corporation or partnership may be held liable when a senior manager commits any crime — not just economic offenses — while acting under actual or apparent authority. — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

If panzanella is already an argument for eating bread and oil for dinner, frying the bread simply commits to the premise. — Lillian Syme, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Plenty among us, as our country commits atrocities across the globe, might relate. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

The 2022 Russia-Syria extradition treaty, signed during Assad’s reign, commits each country to extraditing each other’s criminals. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement on Friday that commits each country to jointly retaliate to any outside threat posed against any one of them. — Sara Gharaibeh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

For the sake of their fans, hopefully their next GM accepts this fate, is OK with taking a step back and commits to a path that at least creates some light at the end of the tunnel. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

And now, with The Odyssey marking her latest fashion chapter, we’re reminded once again that no one commits to the bit quite like her. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 23 July 2026

Once Emily commits to stepping away from what tethered her to her past, a new freedom, and maybe new fears, emerge. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 July 2026