Synonyms of did

did

verb

past tense of do

1

as in sufficed

to be fitting or proper

that outfit just won't do for the opera

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sufficed
• served
• went
• suited
• fitted
• worked
• befitted
• beseemed
• satisfied
• filled the bill
• functioned

2

as in served

to be enough

even half of that amount of sugar will do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sufficed
• served
• satisfied
• answered
• suited
• contented
• quenched
• satiated
• sated
• assuaged

3

as in performed

to carry through (as a process) to completion

do as much as you can and leave the rest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performed
• accomplished
• achieved
• fulfilled
• executed
• made
• implemented
• carried out
• committed
• realized
• completed
• prosecuted
• finished
• negotiated
• perpetrated
• went through
• carried off
• put through
• pulled off
• effected
• brought off
• practiced
• followed through (with)
• brought about
• attained
• ended
• worked (at)
• compassed
• repeated
• engaged (in)
• nailed
• aced
• effectuated
• reenacted
• actualized
• wound up
• reduplicated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• slighted
• slurred
• skimped

4

as in decorated

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

did the living room in French provincial style

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorated
• adorned
• draped
• painted
• graced
• enriched
• decked
• dressed
• ornamented
• trimmed
• garnished
• beautified
• gussied up
• embellished
• festooned
• did up
• embossed
• bedecked
• arrayed
• bedizened
• dolled up
• fancied up
• prettied (up)
• blazoned
• caparisoned
• brightened
• figured
• fancified
• trapped
• tricked (out)
• glitzed (up)
• freshened
• smartened
• accessorized
• emblazed
• embroidered
• chased
• braided
• redid
• bossed
• dressed up
• filleted
• garlanded
• hung
• spruced (up)
• feathered
• swagged
• flounced
• fringed
• gilded
• redecorated
• ribboned
• frilled
• furbelowed
• wreathed
• jeweled
• diamonded
• gemmed
• laced
• filigreed
• impearled
• pearled
• appliquéd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• marred
• scarred
• revealed
• spoiled
• disfigured
• defaced
• simplified
• exposed
• displayed
• blemished
• uncovered
• stripped
• dismantled
• streamlined
• bared
• divested
• denuded
• uglified

5

as in coped

to meet one's day-to-day needs

I'm doing just fine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coped
• managed
• survived
• fared
• afforded
• got by
• made shift
• got on
• got along
• made do
• made out
• shifted
• made ends meet
• lasted
• carried on
• fended for oneself
• scrounged
• contrived
• scraped (by or through)
• eked out
• scraped (out)
• squeezed
• wrung
• swung
• wrested

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• collapsed
• declined
• fell short
• waned
• floundered
• slumped
• fizzled
• gave up
• petered (out)

6

as in caused

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• caused
• brought
• created
• prompted
• generated
• worked
• produced
• spawned
• made
• yielded
• induced
• effected
• invoked
• occasioned
• brought about
• encouraged
• brought on
• resulted (in)
• brought forth
• engendered
• gave rise to
• catalyzed
• translated (into)
• drew on
• began
• introduced
• decided
• bred
• begot
• effectuated
• promoted
• inaugurated
• started
• initiated
• founded
• pioneered
• determined
• contributed (to)
• launched
• instituted
• established
• developed
• enacted
• set up
• fostered
• forwarded
• set
• cultivated
• conduced (to)
• rendered
• fathered
• furthered
• innovated
• nurtured
• turned out
• advanced
• nourished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricted
• limited
• impeded
• checked
• suppressed
• controlled
• arrested
• crushed
• put down
• subdued
• smothered
• stifled
• inhibited
• quashed
• restrained
• killed
• repressed
• dampened
• retarded
• curbed
• destroyed
• quelled
• squelched
• abolished
• canned
• stilled
• squashed
• clamped down (on)
• cracked down (on)
• liquidated
• demolished
• extinguished
• quenched
• reined (in)
• snuffed (out)

7

as in parodied

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodied
• imitated
• mocked
• mimicked
• sent up
• spoofed
• caricatured
• burlesqued
• pretended
• travestied
• performed
• played
• ridiculed
• simulated
• emulated
• reproduced
• satirized
• derided
• replicated
• elaborated
• aped
• gibed
• parroted
• lampooned
• feigned
• acted
• duplicated
• personated
• enhanced
• monkeyed
• mimed
• overstated
• exaggerated
• played up
• dissembled
• padded
• faked
• enlarged (on or upon)
• stretched
• expanded
• embellished
• embroidered
• shammed
• pantomimed
• pasquinaded
• counterfeited
• put on
• impersonated
• copycatted
• amplified
• fleshed (out)
• overdrew
• magnified

8

as in proceeded

to move forward along a course

how are you doing with the house restoration?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proceeded
• progressed
• came
• went
• marched
• forged
• fared
• went off
• came along
• went along
• advanced
• paced
• got on
• got along
• gained ground
• sped
• traveled
• approached
• drove
• pushed
• accelerated
• neared
• passed
• journeyed
• ran
• repaired
• impelled
• propelled
• wended
• fast-forwarded
• took out
• actuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stopped
• remained
• stood
• stayed
• checked
• arrested
• blocked
• hindered
• halted
• interrupted
• impeded
• detained
• stemmed
• obstructed
• delayed
• suppressed
• slowed (down or up)
• held back
• ceased
• paused
• waited
• balked
• stalled
• hampered
• repressed
• inhibited
• retarded
• stunted
• nipped
• cramped
• let up
• regressed

9

as in played

to present a portrayal or performance of

she's done Eliza Doolittle on the stage so many times that she can probably play the flower girl in her sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• performed
• portrayed
• interpreted
• depicted
• acted
• represented
• impersonated
• enacted
• dramatized
• acted out
• role-played
• rendered
• mimicked
• took on
• pantomimed
• posed (as)
• mimed
• imitated
• aped
• playacted
• masqueraded
• clowned
• underplayed
• overplayed
• hammed
• starred (in)
• costarred
• overacted
• coacted

10

as in cheated

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

did them out of their savings with surprising ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheated
• hustled
• stung
• plucked
• squeezed
• stuck
• beat
• screwed
• bled
• deceived
• tricked
• did in
• victimized
• fiddled
• exploited
• fooled
• conned
• shortchanged
• suckered
• shorted
• diddled
• defrauded
• reamed
• stiffed
• rooked
• hosed
• ripped off
• swindled
• cozened
• shook down
• betrayed
• mulcted
• skinned
• fleeced
• chiseled
• euchred
• bilked
• gaffed
• took for a ride
• choused
• skunked
• flimflammed
• took to the cleaners
• wrenched
• clipped
• nobbled
• thimblerigged
• extorted
• sold a bill of goods to
• nicked
• soaked
• overcharged
• gouged
• milked
• wrested
• duped
• wrung
• bitched
• gulled
• roped (in)
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• fast-talked

11

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

no one is sure who did them in that alley

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• pounded
• hit
• whipped
• beat
• lashed
• attacked
• knocked
• slapped
• pelted
• slated
• punched
• slammed
• thumped
• batted
• spanked
• hided
• battered
• smashed
• switched
• assaulted
• worked over
• fibbed
• mauled
• lathered
• bashed
• chopped
• lambasted
• raided
• punched out
• paddled
• slogged
• hammered
• pummeled
• thrashed
• smacked
• whacked
• swiped
• curried
• flogged
• buffeted
• rushed
• whupped
• tromped
• clubbed
• walloped
• boxed
• basted
• bludgeoned
• stormed
• threshed
• tanned
• belted
• laced
• wounded
• pommeled
• whaled
• belabored
• cracked
• laid on
• drubbed
• messed (up)
• whopped
• roughed (up)
• birched
• pasted
• bunged up
• beat up on
• assailed
• descended (on or upon)
• jumped (on)
• beset
• clobbered
• swatted
• socked
• strapped
• busted
• clouted
• lammed
• caned
• cuffed
• pounced (on or upon)
• scourged
• whomped
• whammed
• cudgeled
• flagellated
• thwacked
• fustigated
• horsewhipped
• mangled
• blackjacked
• lacerated
• mutilated
• cowhided
• maimed
• gored
• rawhided
• leathered
• pistol-whipped

12

as in happened

to take place

nothing's ever doing in this boring little town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happened
• was
• came
• occurred
• transpired
• chanced
• came down
• came about
• befell
• went on
• cooked
• passed
• happed
• went down
• came to pass
• came off
• proceeded
• betided
• developed
• intervened
• rose
• followed
• arose
• resulted
• materialized
• shaped (up)
• came up
• cropped (up)
• sprang (up)
• turned out
• broke
• fell out
• went off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of did

Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials. — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025

Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025

One reason female founders lost control of their businesses more easily than men did is that their employees and customers both held them to higher standards. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025

First-time students enrolled by the dozens, as did some of the League’s best pupils. — Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025

This person that did this horrible person. — Alexandra Koch , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025

As malls began to contend with dropping traffic and mounting online competition, so did Claire's. — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025

Petersik reportedly planned to write a book on Milwaukee street names himself but never did. — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025