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

While some agencies dominate headlines with splashy launches, JAXA often works with a quiet precision that suddenly produces something extraordinary — a spacecraft touching down on an asteroid, a lunar lander executing a daring maneuver, or a new instrument revealing the universe in sharper detail. —Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026

And imagine nations commanding drone swarms and robot dog packs capable of making decisions and executing missions without human intervention. —Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026

The difference between dancers executing steps expertly and accurately and dancers truly dancing depends on an alchemy of light, costumes, dancers, choreography, audience, and the whole spirit of the production. —Jennifer Homans, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

That hasn’t gone unnoticed, and this past offseason one of the people most responsible for executing the club’s turnaround — former director of pitching Justin Willard — was hired away by the New York Mets to be their new major league pitching coach. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026

But executing its strategy won’t be easy. —Xiaoying You, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026

The writing didn’t necessarily have a purposeful driving imperative, but the show’s new cast was exceptional, and there were worse things to do than watch Kerry Bishé, Eliza Coupe, Dave Franco and Michael Mosley executing Bill Lawrence’s dialogue and wild tonal shifts. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026

For example, high school students are now executing options trades on mobile apps like Robinhood, based entirely on daily tech news. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026

Texas’ offense came from executing well in little moments. —David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026