Synonyms for perpetrate
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
Forms
- Past participle
- perpetrated
e.g. perpetrated → committed, performed, executed, pulled…
Choose the right word
Commit, as applied to actions, is used only of those that are bad, whether grave or trivial; perpetrate is used chiefly of aggravated crimes or, somewhat humorously, of blunders. A man may commit a sin, a trespass, or a murder; perpetrate an outrage or a felony.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- perform Tom had to perform 100 hours of community service.
- commit The poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.
- execute It's not OK to execute someone without due process.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 4 letters
- pull1
- 6 letters
- commit2
- 7 letters
- perform2, execute3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (commit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- perpétrer
- Italiano
- perpetrare