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

The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Most importantly, ask whether your team has started avoiding good ideas because executing them on the website feels too difficult. — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Pike’s unsuccessful appeals have alleged ineffective assistance of counsel and argued that executing her would be unconstitutional because of her mental illness, according to court documents. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

This is not about adding another layer of process into decision-making, but making sustainability an integral part of learning, deciding, and executing. — Johannes Teyssen, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Chicago made it to the postseason with Ben Johnson calling the plays and Caleb Williams executing them last season. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

More than 30 guns, including numerous pistols, rifles and shotguns, a crossbow, tactical gear, ammunition and electronics, were found by authorities while executing three search warrants at residences associated with the attackers. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

The cast and crew felt as euphoric as the characters executing the dance sequences, particularly the finale moment when Maya and Anjali take what should be a lighting SNAFU and use it to cement their friendship, forever. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

The government was executing and exiling Black citizens; some had escaped slavery. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026