DOES Synonyms: 572 Similar and Opposite Words

does

verb

Definition of does

present tense third-person singular of do

as in suffices

to be fitting or proper that outfit just won't do for the opera

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as in serves

to be enough even half of that amount of sugar will do

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as in performs

to carry through (as a process) to completion do as much as you can and leave the rest

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as in decorates

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming did the living room in French provincial style

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as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs I'm doing just fine

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as in causes

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good

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as in imitates

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again

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as in progresses

to move forward along a course how are you doing with the house restoration?

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as in plays

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

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as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats did them out of their savings with surprising ease

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as in hides

to strike repeatedly no one is sure who did them in that alley

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as in happens

to take place nothing's ever doing in this boring little town

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Recent Examples of does About 52% of A to Z’s roughly 65-person core team identifies as female, as does about 55% of management, according to Prosenjak. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 That needs to change, Styninger said, as does the splitting of industry oversight between different parts of state government. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 The book features portraits of puesteros between shots of domestic settings and local landscapes—the little that belongs to them and the vastness that does not. — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026 Cook recorded the album at Sunset Sound Studio 3 in Los Angeles, where Jennings holds an exclusive lease and does the bulk of his production work. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2026 Even Real Men, with its TikTok video machine, still does just 15% of its $10 million of annual sales on TikTok Shop, compared to 50% on Amazon and 35% on its own web site. — John Schroyer, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 And none of which are deal breakers BECAUSE if everything is picked up and your dog didn't poop on the floor, the D30 Ultra just does the thing with almost no complaint. — Joe Salas august 14, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026 Anyone reporting a copyright complaint does so under penalty of perjury, Google warns in its copyright reporting form. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 There’s 5-year-old Ara, who has diabetes (a fact the film focuses on with a touch of heavy-handed irony), but is a numbers-crunching dynamo who does Pilates. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for does

Verb

Simply continuing your current savings strategy or leaving funds in a traditional savings account no longer suffices.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 July 2026
But why buy brand new items when an old pillowcase suffices?

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026

Definition of suffices

Verb

However, these uses remain future possibilities, and the team plans to test how the material performs in device-relevant forms.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Ogbonnaya, who performs under his first name, will be on the bill; so will No-Fi RPM, a live-mixing series that Curran and Farlee run with collaborators Estevan Medina, Dillon Kelley and Patrick Mitchell.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of performs

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Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.

— Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Gemini copes through logic and distraction, while Pisces feels everything at once.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026

Definition of copes

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Alexa Frank thought the small, pink, flaky spot on her nose was an acne scar or eczema, a condition that causes dry, itchy skin.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026
All of these conditions are driven by climate change, which makes wildfires burn hotter and faster and causes more severe storms.

— Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of causes

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Varadhan expects crude prices to retreat significantly as the year progresses, providing another potential source of relief on inflation.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Developers said in the press release that additional details, including the timing of construction, will be shared as the project progresses.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of progresses

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What the Study Found A team of researchers at Texas A&M University set out to determine whether the NR4A1 receptor plays a role in the anti-aging benefits of coffee.

— Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 11 Aug. 2026
Esparza plays the unhinged tyrant with a quickness, his bright eyes darting and weaving with each newfangled notion.

— Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026