Synonyms of enact

enact

verb

i-ˈnakt 

as in to pass

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pass
• constitute
• legislate
• approve
• make
• dictate
• ratify
• authorize
• ordain
• lay down
• permit
• reenact
• execute
• effect
• proclaim
• sanction
• administer
• allow
• bring about
• decree
• repass
• confirm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repeal
• revoke
• rescind
• abolish
• kill
• cancel
• invalidate
• reverse
• nullify
• abrogate
• annul
• overturn
• void

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enact

And what, exactly, is the Smoot-Hawley Act? Smoot-Hawley, enacted by President Herbert Hoover at the start of the Great Depression, raised America’s import tariff rates, which were already high. —Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025

The organization first enacted its current trans-inclusion policy in 2023. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025

Other analysts have produced differing effective tax rates, but several agree that Trump’s tariffs now rival those implemented by the Smoot-Hawley Act, enacted in June 1930 to protect U.S. farmers and businesses from foreign competition and which worsened the effects of the Great Depression. —William Gavin, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025

One of the underlying actuarial assumptions of Social Security when it was enacted, apparently, was that the government wouldn’t be paying a whole lot of money to a whole lot of retirees. —Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025