Synonyms of committing

committing

verb

present participle of commit

1

as in executing

to carry through (as a process) to completion

accused of committing a felony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executing
• accomplishing
• performing
• fulfilling
• achieving
• doing
• making
• implementing
• prosecuting
• perpetrating
• negotiating
• carrying out
• completing
• realizing
• finishing
• going through
• carrying off
• effecting
• practicing
• pulling off
• putting through
• effectuating
• compassing
• following through (with)
• bringing off
• attaining
• bringing about
• repeating
• nailing
• working (at)
• engaging (in)
• ending
• acing
• reenacting
• actualizing
• reduplicating
• winding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• slurring
• slighting
• skimping

2

as in pledging

to obligate by prior agreement

we were committed to finishing the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pledging
• vowing
• promising
• engaging
• mortgaging
• swearing
• enrolling
• trothing
• enlisting
• contracting
• betrothing
• signing on
• affiancing
• overcommitting
• plighting
• signing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reneging

3

as in handing

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

commit only some power to each official

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• leaving
• transferring
• giving
• entrusting
• delivering
• delegating
• passing
• recommending
• relinquishing
• transmitting
• commending
• trusting
• consigning
• confiding
• granting
• loaning
• reposing
• submitting
• vesting
• assigning
• turning over
• distributing
• handing over
• lending
• dividing
• conferring
• giving over
• bequeathing
• supplying
• dealing (out)
• dispensing
• furnishing
• surrendering
• dispersing
• releasing
• yielding
• willing
• advancing
• recommitting
• turning in
• handing down
• handing in
• handing on
• retransmitting
• redelivering
• retransferring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• reserving
• owning
• receiving
• possessing
• withholding
• accepting
• taking
• detaining
• occupying
• holding back
• taking in
• taking over

4

as in imprisoning

to put in or as if in prison

The defendant was committed to prison following the guilty verdict.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoning
• jailing
• interning
• incarcerating
• confining
• detaining
• restraining
• arresting
• catching
• locking (up)
• restricting
• limiting
• capturing
• shutting
• jugging
• apprehending
• constraining
• immuring
• barring
• seizing
• holding
• keeping
• nabbing
• binding
• impressing
• pinching
• gating
• impounding
• busting
• shackling
• handcuffing
• shanghaiing
• enchaining
• picking up
• fettering
• manacling
• trammeling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• releasing
• freeing
• discharging
• liberating
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• manumitting
• unchaining
• unbinding
• unfettering
• uncaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of committing

Rework the schedule, confirm the details, and choose the lesson worth committing to. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Engineers and policymakers have to study the benefits and feasibility before committing taxpayer cash and efforts. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 26 July 2026

In the case before the court, a Florida teen was given a life term for committing an armed robbery and a home burglary prior to his 18th birthday. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are directly financing nuclear projects, committing billions to secure nearly 10 gigawatts of capacity. — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

After getting caught committing wire fraud to get a $50,000 credit line for one of her businesses, Escoe got sentenced to six months in federal prison and a year of supervised release. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026

Meanwhile, hyperscalers have been committing hundreds of billions of dollars a year on capital expenditures to build out AI infrastructure as quickly as possible. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Their contracts didn’t include long-term guarantees, so the financial risk of committing a large sum, only to lose their event in quick time, was too great. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Adding Griezmann to the same lineup creates a counterattacking threat that could make opponents more cautious about committing forward, which would mean fewer runners for the back line to deal with. — Scott Turick, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026