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do

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of do

1 a social gathering
  • It's supposed to be some sort of fancy do.
Synonyms of do

affair, bash, binge, blast, blowout, event, fete (or fête), function, get-together, party, powwow, reception, shindig
Words Related to do

benefit, fund-raiser

celebration, gala, occasion

bake, clambake, cocktail party, hen party, house party, housewarming, icebreaker, meet and greet, mixer, salon, shower, social, soiree (or soirée), supper, symposium, tea, tea party
2 a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
  • issued a long list of dos and don'ts before we even started the project
Synonyms of do

behest, charge, command, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, edict, imperative, injunction, instruction, order, word
Words Related to do

demand, requirement

mandate

countermand, counterorder

law, precept, prescript, prescription, rule

ordinance, regulation, statute
Near Antonyms of do

appeal, entreaty, petition, plea, urging

proposal, recommendation, suggestion
3 a style or arrangement of hair
  • You can tell that the picture was taken in the 1980s from my permed do.
Synonyms of do

coiffure, cut, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle
Words Related to do

Afro, conk, cornrow, dreadlocks, perm, permanent

bob, buzz cut, crew cut, crop, fade, Mohawk, shag, shingle, trim

braid, pigtail, plait, ponytail, queue

do

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of do

1 to be fitting or proper
  • That outfit just won't do for the wedding.
Synonyms of do

befit, go, serve, suit
Words Related to do

satisfy, suffice

function, work
Phrases Synonymous with do

fill the bill (or fit the bill)
2 to be enough
  • Even half of that amount of sugar will do.
Synonyms of do

serve, suffice
Words Related to do

answer, suit

assuage, content, quench, sate, satiate, satisfy
3 to carry through (as a process) to completion
  • Do as much as you can and leave the rest.
Synonyms of do

accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, compass, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
Words Related to do

bring about, effect, effectuate, implement

ace, nail

engage (in), practice (also practise)

work (at)

reduplicate, reenact, repeat

actualize, attain, realize

complete, end, finish, wind up
Phrases Synonymous with do

go through
Near Antonyms of do

fail

skimp, slight, slur
4 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
  • We did the living room in French provincial style.
Synonyms of do

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do up, doll up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim
Words Related to do

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

boss, chase

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint
Near Antonyms of do

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

uglify
Antonyms of do

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil
5 to meet one's day-to-day needs
  • I'm doing just fine
Synonyms of do

cope, fare, get along, get by, get on, make out, manage, shift
Words Related to do

carry on, contrive, scrape (by or through), scrounge

last, survive

eke out, scrape (out), squeeze, wrest, wring

afford, swing
Phrases Synonymous with do

fend for oneself, make do, make ends meet, make shift
Near Antonyms of do

collapse, fail, fall short, fizzle, flounder

decline, peter (out), slump, wane

give up
6 to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
  • This neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good.
Synonyms of do

beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
Words Related to do

conduce (to), contribute (to)

decide, determine

begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start

advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote

enact, render, turn out
Phrases Synonymous with do

bring forth, give rise to
Near Antonyms of do

impede, limit, restrict

clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress

arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard

abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench
7 to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
  • The laughing partygoers begged their host to do George Bush again.
Synonyms of do

burlesque, caricature, imitate, mimic, mock, parody, send up, spoof, travesty
Words Related to do

lampoon, satirize

deride, gibe (or jibe), ridicule

ape, copycat, monkey, parrot

duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce

act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate

elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretch

amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put on

mime, pantomime

impersonate, perform, personate, play
8 to move forward along a course
  • How are you doing with the house restoration?
Synonyms of do

advance, come, come along, fare, forge, get along, get on, go, go along, go off, march, pace, proceed, progress
Words Related to do

accelerate, fast-forward, speed

approach, near

journey, pass, repair, run, travel, wend

actuate, drive, impel, propel, push

take out
Phrases Synonymous with do

gain ground
Near Antonyms of do

arrest, balk, block, check, detain, halt, hinder, hold back, impede, nip, obstruct, slow (down or up), stem

repress, retard, stunt, suppress

delay, interrupt, stall

cramp, hamper, inhibit

cease, let up, pause
Antonyms of do

remain, stand, stay, stop
9 to present a portrayal or performance of
  • He's done Hamlet on the stage many times.
Synonyms of do

act, impersonate, interpret, perform, play, portray
Words Related to do

depict, dramatize, render, represent

act out, enact, pantomime, playact, role-play, take on

overact, overplay, underplay

ape, clown, ham, imitate, masquerade, mime, mimic, pose (as)

star (in)

coact, costar
10 to rob by the use of trickery or threats
  • did them out of their savings with surprising ease
Synonyms of do

beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, con, cozen, defraud, do in, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hustle, mulct, pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, swindle, victimize
Words Related to do

extort, wrench, wrest, wring

clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak

exploit, milk

deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick

rope (in)

betray, double-cross

bamboozle, fast-talk
Phrases Synonymous with do

sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
11 to take place
  • Nothing's ever doing in this boring little town.
Synonyms of do

be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, go on, happen, occur, pass, transpire
Words Related to do

break, develop, rise, shape (up)

arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up)

intervene

fall out, follow, result, turn out

go off, proceed
Phrases Synonymous with do

come to pass

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