Synonyms of enacts

enacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of enact

as in passes

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passes
• constitutes
• legislates
• approves
• ordains
• dictates
• makes
• ratifies
• authorizes
• reenacts
• lays down
• permits
• executes
• proclaims
• administers
• effects
• decrees
• brings about
• allows
• sanctions
• confirms
• repasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repeals
• revokes
• abolishes
• kills
• cancels
• invalidates
• reverses
• rescinds
• abrogates
• nullifies
• annuls
• voids
• overturns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enacts

Students, parents and community activists are hoping the board enacts the policy before the first day of school in August. — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 14 July 2026

Until Congress enacts a uniform national ban on partisan gerrymandering, the amendment’s advocates argue New York shouldn’t fight with its hands tied behind its back. — Jeffrey M. Wice, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026

The Act would cease to apply the moment the federal government enacts overlapping requirements. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026

The Attorney General enacts California’s laws and can bring litigation against companies or the federal government on behalf of state residents. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026

If the federal government enacts the Basic Coordination plan, the bureau will keep scrambling to make emergency decisions to ensure Powell and Mead are operable. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

However, the ruthless King Saran (Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor) has suppressed magic users and enacts a rule of terror, which Zelie hopes to end in order to reunite Orisha’s clans. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026

In this light, the death penalty becomes not merely a tool of criminal justice but a declaration of supremacy – an instrument through which the state enacts its divine mandate. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026

The siting of the rites at the Colosseum—where it has been held since 1964, echoing a practice from the eighteenth century—means that the Pope enacts Jesus’ final hours not in a Baroque basilica but against the backdrop of the Roman Empire, which exercised power through violence. — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026