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Main Entry:	execute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	assassinate, behead, bump off, do in, electrocute, eliminate, finish, gas, guillotine, hang, knock off, liquidate, murder, purge, put away, shoot, put to death
Antonyms:	bear, create

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	execute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out a task
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, act, administer, bring off, cause, come through, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfill, govern, hack it, hit, implement, meet, percolate, perform, play, polish off, prosecute, pull off, realize, render, score, transact, administrate, bring to fruition, deal with, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, earn wings, get there, make it, put into effect, put over, put through, sail through, take care of, take care of business
Antonyms:	abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	running
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	continuous, flowing, operating
Synonyms:	active, alive, constant, dynamic, easy, effortless, fluent, incessant, live, moving, operative, perpetual, proceeding, producing, smooth, together, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, working, cursive, executing, functioning, going, in action, in operation, in succession
Antonyms:	broken, discontinuous, intermittent, occasional

Main Entry:	managing
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	directing
Synonyms:	controlling, governing, handling, leading, operating, administering, admonishing, advising, executing, guiding, husbanding, inspecting, organizing, overseeing, piloting, regulating, steering, superintending, supervising

Main Entry:	making
Part of Speech:	adjective1
Definition:	preparing
Synonyms:	building, manufacturing, originating, producing, accomplishing, composing, constructing, creating, effecting, executing, fabricating, fashioning, forging, forming, generating, shaping

Main Entry:	operating
Part of Speech:	adjective1
Definition:	causing to function
Synonyms:	determining, driving, managing, moving, performing, revolving, running, serving, using, accomplishing, administering, at work, conducting, contriving, directing, executing, finishing, fulfilling, guiding, maintaining, manipulating, ordering, practicing, regulating, spinning, supervising, sustaining, transacting, turning, wielding

Main Entry:	achieve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
Synonyms:	accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through
Notes:	achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive
Antonyms:	fail, lose, miss

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do something
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate, perk, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out
Antonyms:	abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	behave in a certain way
Synonyms:	appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself

Main Entry:	administer
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	manage an organization or effort
Synonyms:	administrate, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, boss, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee, pull the strings, pull the wires, render, ride herd on, run, run the show, sit on top of, superintend, supervise
Antonyms:	forego, mismanage, neglect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	administer
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dispense something needed
Synonyms:	apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender, measure out, mete out
Antonyms:	deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold

Main Entry:	apply
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	put into use
Synonyms:	administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exploit, handle, implement, practice, utilize

Main Entry:	assassinate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	murder prominent or important person
Synonyms:	bump off, do in, eliminate, execute, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay, gun down

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	behead
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	decapitate
Synonyms:	execute, guillotine, head, kill, neck, bring to the block, decollate

Main Entry:	bring off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	accomplish
Synonyms:	achieve, bring home the bacon*, bring to pass, carry out, discharge, effect, execute, perform, pull off, realize, succeed, carry off, effectuate
Antonyms:	fail, lose

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	carry out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	complete activity
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize, carry through, effectuate
Antonyms:	leave, stop, not finish

Main Entry:	commit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	perform an action
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, enact, execute, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off*, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak, effectuate, go for broke, go in for, go out for
Antonyms:	cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	compass
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	achieve, get
Synonyms:	accomplish, annex, attain, bring about, effect, execute, fulfill, gain, have, land, obtain, perform, procure, realize, secure, win
Antonyms:	fail, lose

Main Entry:	complete
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out action
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap up, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up
Antonyms:	forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	contrive
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring about, succeed with difficulty
Synonyms:	achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle, hatch, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle, hit upon, play games
Antonyms:	demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck