Synonyms of executed

executed

verb

past tense of execute

1

as in enforced

to carry out effectively

the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enforced
• implemented
• administered
• applied
• effected
• rendered
• invoked
• fulfilled
• enacted
• brought about
• cited
• effectuated
• prosecuted
• upheld
• honored
• observed
• promulgated
• discharged
• legislated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• disregarded

2

as in performed

to carry through (as a process) to completion

when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performed
• accomplished
• fulfilled
• achieved
• made
• did
• implemented
• prosecuted
• committed
• perpetrated
• completed
• carried out
• negotiated
• finished
• carried off
• went through
• realized
• pulled off
• effected
• put through
• brought off
• practiced
• brought about
• attained
• effectuated
• compassed
• followed through (with)
• nailed
• repeated
• worked (at)
• engaged (in)
• ended
• reenacted
• aced
• actualized
• wound up
• reduplicated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• slighted
• slurred
• skimped

3

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately

during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinated
• murdered
• killed
• dispatched
• terminated
• neutralized
• liquidated
• slaughtered
• destroyed
• got
• snuffed
• whacked
• offed
• slew
• put away
• knocked off
• iced
• croaked
• took out
• did in
• rubbed out
• bumped off
• did away with
• claimed
• eliminated
• butchered
• shot
• massacred
• shot down
• carried off
• cut down
• felled
• eradicated
• blotted out
• exterminated
• annihilated
• wiped out
• blew away
• zapped
• smote
• mowed (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of executed

Smartly, Fischer and Wilson build out this community with its own strange customs, big and small, each executed without explanation, question or complaint. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

The researchers worked with RISC-V assembly code, which represents instructions executed by a processor. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

In one instance 80,000 people watched as a 13-year-old executed his family’s killer. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

DeSantis signed the warrant a day after the state executed William Reaves for killing Indian River County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Raczkowski four decades ago. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

There's no one character who came up with the idea and executed it … the existence of AI today comes down to many papers, many individual discoveries, and a whole lot of obsession. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

The Tesla soon launched itself from its position beneath the ramp's nearly horizontal ledge, executed a barrel roll in midair, and landed softly, all thanks to its SpaceX cold-gas thrusters. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Krantz said that search warrants were executed at the shooter's home and investigators are still combing through evidence and interviews. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Twelve of them are executed on the banks of Pyongyang’s Taedong River, and the advancing South Korean forces want to turn them into martyrs. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026