Synonyms of does

does

verb

present tense third-person singular of do

1

as in suffices

to be fitting or proper

that outfit just won't do for the opera

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffices
• serves
• goes
• fits
• suits
• works
• befits
• beseems
• fills the bill
• satisfies
• functions

2

as in serves

to be enough

even half of that amount of sugar will do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffices
• serves
• satisfies
• suits
• contents
• answers
• quenches
• satiates
• sates
• assuages

3

as in performs

to carry through (as a process) to completion

do as much as you can and leave the rest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performs
• accomplishes
• fulfills
• achieves
• makes
• executes
• implements
• prosecutes
• commits
• negotiates
• completes
• realizes
• carries out
• goes through
• perpetrates
• carries off
• finishes
• follows through (with)
• pulls off
• practices
• brings off
• puts through
• effects
• brings about
• attains
• works (at)
• repeats
• ends
• engages (in)
• compasses
• nails
• effectuates
• actualizes
• aces
• reenacts
• winds up
• reduplicates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

4

as in decorates

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

did the living room in French provincial style

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorates
• adorns
• enriches
• drapes
• beautifies
• graces
• embellishes
• paints
• decks
• embosses
• dresses
• trims
• ornaments
• does up
• garnishes
• festoons
• bedecks
• pretties (up)
• brightens
• dolls up
• gussies up
• bedizens
• fancifies
• arrays
• emblazes
• fancies up
• smartens
• freshens
• tricks (out)
• blazons
• traps
• accessorizes
• embroiders
• caparisons
• chases
• glitzes (up)
• hangs
• frills
• gilds
• feathers
• redoes
• diamonds
• figures
• bosses
• ribbons
• furbelows
• dresses up
• flounces
• gems
• spruces (up)
• braids
• redecorates
• swags
• fringes
• fillets
• garlands
• jewels
• filigrees
• appliqués
• impearls
• wreathes
• pearls
• laces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scars
• disfigures
• simplifies
• reveals
• spoils
• mars
• defaces
• streamlines
• displays
• exposes
• bares
• uncovers
• dismantles
• denudes
• divests
• strips
• blemishes
• uglifies

5

as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs

I'm doing just fine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copes
• manages
• survives
• affords
• fares
• makes shift
• gets on
• makes do
• gets by
• shifts
• gets along
• makes out
• makes ends meet
• contrives
• lasts
• fends for oneself
• scrounges
• carries on
• ekes out
• scrapes (by or through)
• wrings
• scrapes (out)
• squeezes
• wrests
• swings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• falls short
• collapses
• declines
• wanes
• flounders
• fizzles
• slumps
• gives up
• peters (out)

6

as in causes

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

this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• causes
• creates
• brings
• generates
• prompts
• works
• produces
• makes
• induces
• invokes
• spawns
• yields
• catalyzes
• effects
• brings about
• begets
• occasions
• engenders
• draws on
• encourages
• results (in)
• gives rise to
• translates (into)
• brings forth
• introduces
• promotes
• breeds
• brings on
• begins
• effectuates
• decides
• determines
• contributes (to)
• initiates
• starts
• establishes
• founds
• launches
• develops
• inaugurates
• institutes
• furthers
• enacts
• fathers
• renders
• cultivates
• fosters
• conduces (to)
• sets up
• innovates
• nourishes
• turns out
• sets
• advances
• nurtures
• pioneers
• forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricts
• limits
• impedes
• suppresses
• controls
• inhibits
• represses
• dampens
• stifles
• checks
• smothers
• subdues
• restrains
• arrests
• crushes
• curbs
• retards
• puts down
• squashes
• kills
• reins (in)
• destroys
• quells
• squelches
• abolishes
• quashes
• cans
• stills
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• extinguishes
• quenches
• liquidates
• demolishes
• snuffs (out)

7

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitates
• parodies
• mocks
• mimics
• spoofs
• pretends
• performs
• sends up
• caricatures
• simulates
• emulates
• ridicules
• travesties
• burlesques
• plays
• reproduces
• derides
• satirizes
• enhances
• replicates
• elaborates
• feigns
• exaggerates
• lampoons
• overstates
• personates
• expands
• stretches
• parrots
• monkeys
• acts
• apes
• amplifies
• embellishes
• dissembles
• pads
• embroiders
• duplicates
• plays up
• gibes
• magnifies
• pasquinades
• mimes
• shams
• overdraws
• pantomimes
• impersonates
• enlarges (on or upon)
• counterfeits
• puts on
• fakes
• fleshes (out)
• copycats

8

as in progresses

to move forward along a course

how are you doing with the house restoration?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progresses
• comes
• proceeds
• goes
• marches
• forges
• advances
• fares
• gets on
• goes off
• goes along
• comes along
• paces
• gets along
• speeds
• gains ground
• accelerates
• approaches
• pushes
• travels
• drives
• repairs
• nears
• passes
• runs
• impels
• propels
• wends
• actuates
• fast-forwards
• journeys
• takes out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remains
• stands
• stays
• stops
• hinders
• blocks
• impedes
• checks
• obstructs
• stems
• halts
• arrests
• slows (down or up)
• suppresses
• interrupts
• ceases
• retards
• represses
• inhibits
• delays
• pauses
• balks
• holds back
• detains
• stalls
• hampers
• waits
• stunts
• nips
• regresses
• lets up
• cramps

9

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performs
• plays
• portrays
• interprets
• depicts
• represents
• impersonates
• acts
• enacts
• dramatizes
• renders
• acts out
• mimics
• imitates
• takes on
• underplays
• pantomimes
• overplays
• masquerades
• poses (as)
• mimes
• stars (in)
• playacts
• role-plays
• overacts
• hams
• apes
• costars
• clowns
• coacts

10

as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

did them out of their savings with surprising ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezes
• plucks
• stings
• hustles
• cheats
• sticks
• beats
• deceives
• tricks
• screws
• bleeds
• does in
• shortchanges
• diddles
• victimizes
• shakes down
• defrauds
• betrays
• rips off
• cons
• fiddles
• shorts
• exploits
• cozens
• suckers
• fools
• bilks
• reams
• stiffs
• swindles
• mulcts
• chouses
• flimflams
• chisels
• fleeces
• sells a bill of goods to
• gaffs
• extorts
• skins
• hoses
• takes to the cleaners
• clips
• rooks
• soaks
• euchres
• nobbles
• thimblerigs
• wrenches
• skunks
• takes for a ride
• wrings
• milks
• overcharges
• wrests
• gouges
• nicks
• dupes
• bitches
• gulls
• bamboozles
• ropes (in)
• double-crosses
• fast-talks

11

as in hides

to strike repeatedly

no one is sure who did them in that alley

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hides
• licks
• pounds
• whips
• beats
• knocks
• slaps
• lashes
• hits
• thumps
• attacks
• spanks
• slams
• smashes
• pelts
• punches
• works over
• batters
• assaults
• chops
• bashes
• mauls
• smacks
• lathers
• pummels
• bats
• switches
• bastes
• thrashes
• lambastes
• threshes
• punches out
• flogs
• bludgeons
• belabors
• hammers
• clubs
• boxes
• slates
• wallops
• slogs
• whacks
• belts
• raids
• swipes
• wounds
• tromps
• tans
• drubs
• paddles
• curries
• storms
• whales
• buffets
• roughs (up)
• rushes
• fibs
• laces
• beats up on
• whops
• whups
• clobbers
• messes (up)
• assails
• cracks
• besets
• descends (on or upon)
• lays on
• swats
• pastes
• bungs up
• socks
• jumps (on)
• whams
• straps
• thwacks
• birches
• pommels
• lams
• clouts
• cudgels
• cuffs
• mangles
• whomps
• mutilates
• maims
• lacerates
• busts
• fustigates
• flagellates
• canes
• leathers
• scourges
• gores
• pounces (on or upon)
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• horsewhips
• rawhides
• cowhides

12

as in happens

to take place

nothing's ever doing in this boring little town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happens
• is
• comes
• occurs
• transpires
• chances
• comes about
• comes down
• cooks
• goes on
• passes
• goes down
• befalls
• comes off
• comes to pass
• haps
• develops
• betides
• rises
• materializes
• intervenes
• proceeds
• arises
• follows
• turns out
• results
• shapes (up)
• springs (up)
• crops (up)
• breaks
• comes up
• falls out
• goes off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of does

This matching set from Amazon does exactly that, featuring a flattering high neckline and breezy cropped pants that are polished enough to wear straight from the airport to your destination. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

Now, a law that does a lot of good for individual patients could wind up raising costs for everyone. — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

And Tsui is right that trust compounds the same way a marketing budget does not. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

His own sons play football, basketball, and lacrosse, while his daughter does gymnastics and basketball. — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Aug. 2026

So does Chicago’s hospitality sector, which has lots of downtown rooms to fill. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

At the back of this pharmacy is a beloved restaurant that does New Mexico classics like red-and-green chile enchiladas and huevos rancheros. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2026

So does Sean O'Brien, head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2024. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 25 July 2026

Does this require us to break the taboo around ugliness—to name it, as Fairyington does? — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026