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

The 68-year-old was executed by lethal injection July 28 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee while on duty as a cop for the Mascotte Police Department. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Two Elmwood jail inmates were convicted at trial of murdering another inmate in a vicious gang beating that was executed over the course of 11 agonizing minutes, and went undetected even as it was recorded on surveillance cameras. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

Bobby’s color palette is bizarre, and her idea of a sash that transforms into a shawl scarf is really cool but executed poorly. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026

The Tennessee man was executed for killing a maid at a motel in 1985 and the Oklahoma man for killing his girlfriend in 2003. — CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Even the measures that have been put forth by the government have been poorly executed. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Bernadette’s is buzzy restaurant that specializes in skillfully executed, modern Indigenous cuisine—think elk tartare, wild chinook salmon, and Saskatoon berry tarts. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026

Oklahoma executed Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez for the 2003 murder of his wife, and Tennessee put Anthony Hines to death for the 1985 murder of a mother of four. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

Highspring supported the team by helping coordinate key operational workstreams so the business could continue moving with focus and momentum while advisors, auditors and internal teams executed in parallel. — Brian Waller, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026