executor

Noun

Meaning

One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.

An executioner.

The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bailee artist author actor producer deputy attorney effector doer optimist instrument agent operator agency substitute
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Antonyms

handicapper cynic client critic heretic culprit
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Hypernyms

fiduciary

Hyponyms

executrix

Related terms

execute executrix

Phrases with the word

executor of fate will executor

Examples

It is perfectly possible to be a professional director or a professional writer and not to be an artist: merely a sort of executor of other people's ideas. Andrei Tarkovsky

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. Ward McAllister

I am neither heir nor executor to Charles Stuart. Oliver Cromwell

I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves a fair shake. It's like being the executor of their estate in some ways. Vincent Piazza

A higher-level executor service working on this same thread pool can be used optionally. Source: Internet

At the request of the composer's mother and sisters, however, his musical executor Julian Fontana selected 23 unpublished piano pieces and grouped them into eight further opus numbers (Opp. 66–73), published in 1855. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

executively executiveness executiveship executor de son tort executor of fate executor-heir relation