Execute

//ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt//

Synonyms for "execute" (179 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (54)

Related words (89)

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Translations

212 translations across 58 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ekzekutoj verb (to kill as punishment)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θανατόω verb (to kill as punishment)
  • ἐνεργέω verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَعْدَمَ verb (to kill as punishment)
  • نَفَّذَ verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • نَفَّذَ verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • نَفَّذَ verb (to start, launch or run software)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܡܲܡܝܸܬ݂ verb (to kill as punishment)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • edam etmək verb (to kill as punishment)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вы́канаць verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • выко́нваць verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • кара́ць сме́рцю verb (to kill as punishment)
  • пакара́ць сме́рцю verb (to kill as punishment)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • екзекути́рам verb (to kill as punishment)
  • извъ́рша verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • извъ́ршвам verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • изпъ́лня verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Catalan

4 entries
  • arrancar verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • arrencar verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • executar verb (to kill as punishment)
  • executar verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بردن بەڕێوە verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Chichewa

2 entries
  • kufétsa verb (to kill as punishment)
  • kunyónga verb (to kill as punishment)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 執行 /执行 verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • 處死 /处死 verb (to kill as punishment)
  • 處決 /处决 verb (to kill as punishment)
  • 運行 /运行 verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Czech

4 entries
  • konat verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • popravit verb (to kill as punishment)
  • provádět verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • vykonat verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Danish

4 entries
  • afvikle verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • afvikle verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • eksekvere verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • eksekvere verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bewerkstelligen verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • bewerkstelligen verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • executeren verb (to kill as punishment)
  • uitvoeren verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ekzekuti verb (to kill as punishment)
  • plenumi verb (to start, launch or run software)

Estonian

3 entries
  • hukkama verb (to kill as punishment)
  • teostama verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • täitma verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ajaa verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • aloittaa verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • käynnistää verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • käynnistää verb (to start, launch or run software)

French

4 entries
  • exécuter verb (to kill as punishment)
  • exécuter verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • exécuter verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • mettre à mort verb (to kill as punishment)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ასრულება verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • სიკვდილით დასჯა verb (to kill as punishment)
  • სისრულეში მოყვანა verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • შესრულება verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

German

4 entries
  • ausführen verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • ausführen verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • durchführen verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • exekutieren verb (to kill as punishment)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to kill as punishment)

Greek

2 entries
  • εκτελώ verb (to kill as punishment)
  • θανατώνω verb (to kill as punishment)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • להוציא להרוג verb (to kill as punishment)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elvégez verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • foganatosít verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • futtat verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • kivitelez verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • framkvæma verb (to start, launch or run software)

Ido

1 entries
  • exekutar verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Irish

3 entries
  • básaigh verb (to kill as punishment)
  • cuir i bhfeidhm verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • cuir i bhfeidhm verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)

Italian

2 entries
  • giustiziare verb (to kill as punishment)
  • lanciare verb (to start, launch or run software)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 処刑する verb (to kill as punishment)
  • 実行する verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • 消す verb (to kill as punishment)
  • 行う verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រតិបត្តិ verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Korean

3 entries
  • 실행하다 verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • 처형하다 verb (to kill as punishment)
  • 행하다 verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Latin

3 entries
  • ad necum mittō verb (to kill as punishment)
  • carnificō verb (to kill as punishment)
  • fungor verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Latvian

1 entries
  • izpildīt verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • įvykdyti verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • погуби verb (to kill as punishment)
  • погубува verb (to kill as punishment)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakahaere verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • whakamate verb (to kill as punishment)

Norman

2 entries
  • exétchuter verb (to kill as punishment)
  • exétchuter verb (to start, launch or run software)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • eksekvere verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • henrette verb (to kill as punishment)
  • kjøre verb (to start, launch or run software)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • avretta verb (to kill as punishment)
  • eksekvere verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • køyre verb (to start, launch or run software)

Persian

3 entries
  • اجرایدن verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • اعدام کردن verb (to kill as punishment)
  • انجامیدن verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Polish

4 entries
  • rozpocząć verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • stracać verb (to kill as punishment)
  • stracić verb (to kill as punishment)
  • uruchomić verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • executar verb (to kill as punishment)
  • executar verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • executar verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • rodar verb (to start, launch or run software)

Quechua

1 entries
  • hayratachiy verb (to kill as punishment)

Romanian

4 entries
  • executa verb (to kill as punishment)
  • executa verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • executa verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • executa verb (to start, launch or run software)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́полнить verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • вы́полнить verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • выполня́ть verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • выполня́ть verb (to start, launch or run software)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cuir an gnìomh verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • cuir an gnìomh verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izvŕšiti verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • pogùbiti verb (to kill as punishment)
  • pròvesti verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • smàknuti verb (to kill as punishment)

Slovak

3 entries
  • popraviť verb (to kill as punishment)
  • vykonať verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • vykonávať verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Slovene

3 entries
  • izvršiti verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • usmrtiti verb (to kill as punishment)
  • zagnati verb (to start, launch or run software)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ajusticiar verb (to kill as punishment)
  • arrancar verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • ejecutar verb (to kill as punishment)
  • ejecutar verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)

Swedish

4 entries
  • avrätta verb (to kill as punishment)
  • exekvera verb (to start, launch or run software)
  • expediera verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • köra verb (to start, launch or run software)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ipapatay verb (to kill as punishment)

Thai

1 entries
  • ประหาร verb (to kill as punishment)

Turkish

1 entries
  • idam etmek verb (to kill as punishment)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́конати verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • ви́конати verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)
  • вико́нувати verb (to start a defined process and run it to completion)
  • вико́нувати verb (to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not)

Volapük

1 entries
  • cödetadeidön verb (to kill as punishment)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dienyddio verb (to kill as punishment)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • dard kerden verb (to kill as punishment)
  • idam kerden verb (to kill as punishment)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is difficult to execute the task.

Source: tatoeba (47587)

To execute a plan was simple.

Source: tatoeba (238045)

I want to execute the plan by all means.

Source: tatoeba (258955)

We all thought it difficult to execute the plan.

Source: tatoeba (262853)

Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.