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 So does Frédéric Fontang, who coaches Jiří Lehečka, and Michael Russell, who coaches Taylor Fritz, and Jamie Delgado, who coaches Grigor Dimitrov. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 The best form of flattery is imitation, and Robert Pattinson does an incredible impression of Chris Hansen for A24’s new movie, Primetime. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026 Nowhere in the world do nonprofessionals (strictly speaking) merit the attention that the college football player here does. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Opperman is a college student who also does freestyle trampolining and used to teach parkour and play rugby. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Pepsi contains citric acid, which Coca-Cola does not, and slightly more sugar per 12-ounce serving — about 41 grams to Coke's 39. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Amazon was expected to wait and see how Spider-Noir does before making a decision on other shows. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026 Here below, France’s own long-drink-of-water goalie Robin Risser does his best Beckham follow-on act with a stately Louis Vuitton carry-all with their trademark leather trim at the stress points. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Fazio wants a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools; so does Lamont. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for does

Verb

The majority explained that authority for the president to construct the ballroom requires satisfying both of those statutes; neither alone suffices.

— Ellen P. Aprill, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Simply continuing your current savings strategy or leaving funds in a traditional savings account no longer suffices.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of suffices

Verb

What is particularly clever about the Blue Economy VITAL is that the same thermal infrastructure also performs other heavyweight tasks, including desalination.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Their experiments used three independent quantum routers and a two-layer network to examine how the approach performs on existing hardware.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 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

Verb

At night, the fibromyalgia causes Lukas to wake up crying from muscle aches.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Postmortem studies have shown that Huntington’s causes a specific type of striatal neurons—the cells that send signals around the brain and nervous system—to be lost.

— Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of causes

Verb

This surge likely is heading toward South Florida and will move through the rest of the state and parts of the Gulf of Mexico as the week progresses, Arman said.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
NuCube expects the resulting validation database to strengthen its technical case as development progresses.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of progresses

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Sabally’s younger sister Nyara, who plays for the Toronto Tempo, is yet to make her comeback from a calf injury, while Liberty’s Leonie Fiebich, another key player, is just back from a foot injury.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
In adults, the hormone plays a role in blood sugar control, bone density and muscle growth.

— Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026