1
as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
traditionally heroes have been celebrated for their great deeds in song and story
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
2
as in thing
something done by someone
deeds always carry greater weight than words
Synonyms & Similar Words
as in to transfer
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
the philanthropist unexpectedly deeded his entire fortune to the animal shelter
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of deed
Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
The rest of the project was originally planned to include neighborhoods, parks and commercial space without retirement-community deed restrictions.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
The archive contains around 65,000 enrollments — essentially deeds to ships — on microfilm, according to Wisconsin Marine Historical Society Executive Director Suzette Lopez.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deed
Noun
The commission’s vote supported a change to the deed restriction that would allow for developments other than a warehouse, drop the requirement for a wall and require a portion of open space.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
The rest of the project was originally planned to include neighborhoods, parks and commercial space without retirement-community deed restrictions.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
Some of the public monies may be oriented toward middle-income housing, which could deed-restrict some of the units at a particular income level.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
The archive contains around 65,000 enrollments — essentially deeds to ships — on microfilm, according to Wisconsin Marine Historical Society Executive Director Suzette Lopez.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deed
Noun
-
No mean feat, considering the brand’s first 24 hotels are set in remote, leafy locations that feel worlds away from real life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
-
Living in a seemingly perpetual athletic prime between the two generations, Caldwell would likely climb to the Moon if such a feat were possible.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Here are five more things to know about the film festival.—
Adam Bell
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
-
If getting pampered isn’t your thing, the 18-hole Championship golf course is popular and has hosted PGA and LPGA events.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
After being placed in the trunk of Aaron's car, she was driven for a bit, transferred to the trunk of another car, and driven for hours.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
-
The maps were never used, because Shakur was transferred from West Virginia to a prison in New Jersey.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Towns finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and seven turnovers on 8-of-12 shooting from the field in 29 minutes of action on Wednesday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
-
February 19 – March 20 Certain feelings presently require action to be fully realized.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
The Marathas ceded Nagar Haveli to the Portuguese in 1783 as compensation for a Portuguese vessel that their navy had destroyed.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
-
But others can ask to maintain more creative control if interested, rather than the traditional practice of ceding it to the industry.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Those are fighting words, and, in the coming days, the Pope can counter them as much through symbolic acts as through words of peace.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
-
For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
But how to convey that character on screen?—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
-
One was topped with tender steak tartare, while another conveyed a briny white anchovy on a smear of aioli.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
In a city as up-to-the-minute as ours, finding a place to get a haircut that bad probably took some doing.—
Caleb Crain,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
-
Understandably, the travelling Tottenham support stood motionless in the top tier above the Spurs goal, in complete disbelief in how Spurs had collapsed so disastrously, all entirely of their own doing.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Deed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deed. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
