Synonyms of executing

executing

verb

present participle of execute

1

as in enforcing

to carry out effectively

the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enforcing
• implementing
• administering
• applying
• effecting
• fulfilling
• invoking
• enacting
• rendering
• bringing about
• effectuating
• prosecuting
• citing
• honoring
• upholding
• observing
• discharging
• legislating
• promulgating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• disregarding

2

as in performing

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• slurring
• slighting
• skimping

3

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• slaying
• killing
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• getting
• terminating
• liquidating
• slaughtering
• destroying
• whacking
• snuffing
• shooting
• taking out
• putting away
• doing away with
• offing
• doing in
• knocking off
• croaking
• icing
• rubbing out
• bumping off
• claiming
• eliminating
• cutting down
• eradicating
• shooting down
• butchering
• massacring
• carrying off
• blowing away
• smiting
• zapping
• exterminating
• blotting out
• annihilating
• felling
• wiping out
• mowing (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of executing

Did the thought of legacy weigh on your mind while putting together and executing these shows? — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 July 2026

Events require real expertise at every level, and the organizations executing best treat talent as a strategic input, drawing on specialized people across strategy, production, content and logistics to build a structure that scales. — Anthony Donnarumma, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Analysts say that brands are executing these programs to capture secondary profit margins. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 July 2026

The robot is capable of executing advanced combat movements, including uppercuts, spinning kicks, and rapid recovery after falls. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Agents were directed to work with partner agencies to conduct a stop if executing a criminal warrant on an individual in a vehicle. — Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Troopers stopped a vehicle that one of the suspects was driving by executing a precision immobilization technique, or PIT, maneuver. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Multiple news outlets and a former federal immigration official said early Tuesday that the order allows for exceptions if officers are executing a criminal warrant and working with partner law enforcement agencies. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

The agents seized phones, laptops and a smartwatch after executing a search warrant. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026