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Synonyms for accomplish

Most common

carry through achieve execute attain equip

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To finish successfully.

Related words

Word family
accomplishable accomplishment

Forms

Past participle
accomplished
e.g. accomplished → achieved, attained, fulfilled, executed…

Choose the right word

Accomplish, Effect, Done, Execute or Consummate?

Effect includes all that is done to accomplish the intent; execute refers rather to the final steps; consummate is limited quite sharply to the concluding act.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • achieve My mission is to help people achieve their dreams.
  • execute It's not OK to execute someone without due process.
  • attain To attain his goal, Tom moved the heaven and earth.
  • equip He wants to equip his son with a good education.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
accomplishsteady
achievesteady
executerising
attainfalling
equipfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
do1
3 letters
end1
4 letters
work1
5 letters
reach1, carry2, equip2
6 letters
effect2, finish2, attain2, fulfil2
7 letters
perfect2, realize3, perform2, achieve2, realise3, succeed2, execute3, fulfill2, furnish2
8 letters
complete2
9 letters
implement3
10 letters
effectuate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carry2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
accomplir
Español
cumplir