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

Dakar winner Brock Heger quickly showed us all how to do it, perfectly executing the side-by-side equivalent of a skateboard tailslide along the wall’s highest point. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 2 Nov. 2026

That didn’t stop the Commanders from being one of the worst teams in the league at executing through the first six weeks of the season. — Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Neither removes the need to evaluate the plan, the people executing it or the support available to the players being asked to grow. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

The people responsible for executing must have clarity about what changes, who is responsible, what resources are required, how their actions will be measured and when. — Maureen Metcalf, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

One tactic Woods employs is executing very short hunts in the evening. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026

The girls were able to stay mindful and shake it off by executing the tactical stuff the right way. — Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Naz Reid struck fire midway through the fourth, executing, in quick succession, plays on both ends of the court. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026

Holmes said the Disney-Channel 4 pact is broader in scope than Disney-ITV and his team learned from the latter when executing the former. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026