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implementation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of implementation

the doing of an action

  • the implementation of the idea turned out to be harder than its conception
Synonyms of implementation

accomplishment, achievement, commission, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Words Related to implementation

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms of implementation

nonfulfillment, nonperformance

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