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

Smaller teams of high-agency engineers and builders are managing fleets of agents rather than executing every task by hand. — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Hugging Face, for its part, published a forensic timeline, describing how the autonomous AI system spent four and a half days executing 17,600 distinct hacking actions across multiple organizations — without direct involvement by any humans. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Russia’s war on Ukraine has become a grinding tally of raw numbers, and Kyiv is executing its strategy with the ruthlessness of a corporate efficiency expert, according to the RAND think tank. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

But the idea of the team executing a reprise of the 2008 acquisition of CC Sabathia always felt unlikely. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

The Islamic Republic is executing Iranians in record numbers and has sharpened its tools of repression. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

But the nationwide total last year nearly doubled compared to the year prior, with 11 states executing 47 inmates – 19 of whom were in Florida, DPIC data shows. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026

The operational targets for 2026 depend on executing the multi-stage plasma validation tests, establishing performance metrics, expanding patent protections, and negotiating initial power placement agreements with commercial partners. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

The state and federal agriculture agencies worked through the final steps in early July of approving the program design and executing a contract that unlocks Connecticut’s funding. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026