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

Together, those technologies allow the robot to learn human movements through thousands of simulated training sessions before executing them in dynamic real-world environments. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

And Hamas has instead reasserted its power in parts of Gaza not occupied by Israel, recently executing a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Hit the road, small studios Amid these layoffs, Microsoft is also executing a massive reversal of its studio acquisition spree that dates back to 2018. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

What Ovi’s return means for the Capitals For years, the Capitals navigated Ovechkin’s pursuit of the goals record while executing an on-the-fly rebuild around him. — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 2 July 2026

While executing a search warrant in October 2024, law enforcement officers found 257 pounds of mushrooms and 18 pounds of growing material at a location in Fallbrook, as well as 25 pounds of mushrooms, 5 pounds of psilocybin capsules and six firearms at a location in Bonsall. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Alicent, on the other hand, is abandoning her seat at the table and executing her exit plan, which includes opening the door for the Blacks’s hostile takeover. — The Editors, Vulture, 27 June 2026

In May, Reuters reported that a Sudanese RSF commander who had been arrested after videos surfaced of him executing people in El Fasher was released from prison and is back on the battlefield, back to active duty. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

If that’s the case, perhaps the president can ask them to stop executing innocent civilians? — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 25 June 2026