Synonyms of executes

executes

verb

present tense third-person singular of execute

1

as in enforces

to carry out effectively

the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enforces
• implements
• administers
• applies
• invokes
• fulfills
• enacts
• renders
• cites
• effectuates
• brings about
• effects
• upholds
• prosecutes
• observes
• honors
• legislates
• promulgates
• discharges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• neglects
• disregards

2

as in performs

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

• performs
• fulfills
• accomplishes
• achieves
• implements
• does
• makes
• prosecutes
• commits
• negotiates
• completes
• carries out
• perpetrates
• goes through
• realizes
• follows through (with)
• finishes
• carries off
• pulls off
• puts through
• brings off
• attains
• practices
• effectuates
• brings about
• effects
• repeats
• works (at)
• reenacts
• engages (in)
• compasses
• nails
• ends
• actualizes
• aces
• winds up
• reduplicates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

3

as in assassinates

to put to death deliberately

during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinates
• murders
• slays
• kills
• terminates
• neutralizes
• dispatches
• gets
• liquidates
• destroys
• slaughters
• whacks
• shoots
• snuffs
• croaks
• rubs out
• offs
• takes out
• does away with
• puts away
• knocks off
• does in
• ices
• bumps off
• eliminates
• cuts down
• blows away
• claims
• smites
• eradicates
• shoots down
• zaps
• annihilates
• blots out
• exterminates
• carries off
• mows (down)
• massacres
• wipes out
• fells
• butchers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restores
• raises
• animates
• revives
• resurrects
• resuscitates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of executes

When 32-year-old Alom teaches one of her students a move and the student successfully executes it, the others applaud and cheer her on. — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

This teammate executes decisions at a speed no human workflow can match. — Rafael Flores, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

While Congress has the authority to declare war, the president as the commander-in-chief executes it. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

But for anyone disturbed by the way To Catch a Predator executes its faux-law enforcement busts, the movie risks becoming viscerally unpleasant. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Richet executes the whole thing with an almost sterile cleanliness. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026