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Synonyms for execute
ˈɛk sɪˌkyutex·e·cute

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  1. executeverb

    Synonyms:
    run, start, launch

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. execute

    To execute is to follow through to the end, put into absolute and final effect in action; to administer is to conduct as one holding a trust, as a minister and not an originator; the sheriff executes a writ; the trustee administers an estate, a charity, etc.; to enforce is to put into effect by force, actual or potential. To administer the laws is the province of a court of justice; to execute the laws is the province of a sheriff, marshal, constable, or other executive officer; to administer the law is to declare or apply it; to execute the law is to put it in force; for this enforce is the more general word, execute the more specific. From signifying to superintend officially some application or infliction, administer passes by a natural transition to signify inflict, mete out, dispense, and blows, medicine, etc., are said to be administered: a usage thoroughly established and reputable in spite of pedantic objections. Enforce signifies also to present and urge home by intellectual and moral force; as, to enforce a precept or a duty. Compare DO; KILL; MAKE.

    Synonyms:
    administer, carry out, do, enforce, perform

Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 3 votes

  1. execute, put to deathverb

    kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

    "In some states, criminals are executed"

    Synonyms:
    carry through, accomplish, fulfil, action, perform, do, run, carry out, fulfill, put to death

  2. executeverb

    murder in a planned fashion

    "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"

    Synonyms:
    carry through, accomplish, fulfil, action, perform, do, run, carry out, fulfill, put to death

  3. carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfilverb

    put in effect

    "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

    Synonyms:
    follow out, carry out, fulfill, follow through, implement, litigate, reach, put to death, accomplish, fulfil, go through, meet, fill, follow up, process, satisfy, carry through, put through, action, run, pull through, attain, sue, achieve, do, bring through, perform, save, live up to

  4. executeverb

    carry out the legalities of

    "execute a will or a deed"

    Synonyms:
    carry through, accomplish, fulfil, action, perform, do, run, carry out, fulfill, put to death

  5. run, executeverb

    carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine

    "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"

    Synonyms:
    perform, course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, carry through, run away, move, turn tail, fulfil, fulfill, range, run, guide, function, lead, lam, accomplish, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, feed, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, do, play, die hard, race, pass, carry out, run for, black market, action, persist, incline, put to death, draw, hightail it, be given, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, ladder, ply, melt

  6. perform, execute, doverb

    carry out or perform an action

    "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

    Synonyms:
    serve, fare, carry out, fulfill, practice, manage, perform, arrange, put to death, accomplish, fulfil, cause, answer, coif, suffice, make, set, action, dress, run, come, act, carry through, get along, make out, practise, coiffure, coiffe, behave, do, exercise

  7. executeverb

    sign in the presence of witnesses

    "The President executed the treaty"

    Synonyms:
    carry through, accomplish, fulfil, action, perform, do, run, carry out, fulfill, put to death

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. executeverb

    Synonyms:
    accomplish, effect, effectuate, perform, do, consummate, finish, complete, achieve, carry out, carry through, carry into effect, work out

  2. executeverb

    Synonyms:
    put to death (in pursuance of a judicial sentence)

  3. executeverb

    Synonyms:
    sign, seal, and deliver (as a deed)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. executeverb

    Synonyms:
    effectuate, perform, accomplish, consummate, achieve, electrocute, behead, guillotine, hang

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How to use execute in a sentence?

  1. Jeffrey Nassof:

    The boutiques are building scale and winning talent from the bulge-bracket, and they're not constrained in what they can execute.

  2. Summer Smith:

    Mathew said that he froze. He didn't make a single move. He was afraid to look away. That if he ... did anything to make the shooter notice him, that he would be shot. So he just sat there, he's sitting there, watching the shooter execute people?

  3. Shuji Yamaguchi:

    We are the institution to execute the law and not the ones who design the legal system, the investigation and interrogation are conducted appropriately in accordance with the law.

  4. Caleb Burns:

    Jared Kushner has done everything Jared Kushner’s required to do and more. Jared Kushner’s simply required to recuse Jared Kushner from any decision that would have a ‘ direct and predictable ’ impact on Jared Kushner financial holdings, they're cloaking political issues in legal garb. The transition team said Jared Kushner will work closely with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon to execute President-elect Trump’s agenda.

  5. Donald Trump:

    The baby is born, the mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby. They wrap the baby beautifully, and then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby. I don't think so.


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