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

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

If a business defaults on an MCA, the funder may pursue assertive collection tactics, including contacting your vendors or executing a Confession of Judgment (COJ) if your state allows it. — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Through it all, each member of the 11-person cast plays an instrument — or two or three or four — while toggling between characters, belting lyrics and executing Chi-San Howard’s enthralling choreography. — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

The company is executing multiple expansion projects at its East Camden site, including the Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities and two new facilities to support PAC-3 propulsion production. — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

OpenAI says artificial intelligence agents powered by the company's models weakened internal safety monitoring systems while executing tasks, and one agent subsequently denied having done so. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Detectives and forensic services technicians stayed at the scene while executing a search warrant and collecting evidence overnight. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

This resulted in decades of stagnant growth and widespread poverty, which the country only began to reverse after executing massive free-market privatizations and liberalizing its economy in 1991. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026

The next steps include executing on a vendor contract with Site Stream LLC, the city said the contract is currently under final legal review and will be signed soon. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026