Synonyms of doing for

doing for

phrase

present participle of do for, chiefly British

1

as in administering (to)

to attend to the needs and comforts of

I trust him to do for my kids while I am at work.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• administering (to)
• looking out for
• nursing
• looking after
• looking to
• ministering (to)
• seeing to
• waiting on
• taking care of
• caring (for)
• treating
• healing
• providing (for)
• mothering
• supporting
• catering (to)
• aiding
• preserving
• curing
• remedying
• conserving
• spoiling
• pampering
• doctoring
• coddling
• indulging
• babying
• mollycoddling
• humoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• brushing (aside or off)
• forgetting
• neglecting
• overlooking
• slighting

2

as in destroying

to deprive of life

The long journey on foot nearly did for her.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• killing
• slaying
• doing away with
• doing in
• carrying off
• making away with
• claiming
• dispatching
• cutting down
• taking
• taking out
• putting away
• felling
• murdering
• killing off
• blotting out
• slaughtering
• knocking off
• croaking
• bumping off
• rubbing out
• wasting
• finishing
• assassinating
• neutralizing
• putting down
• executing
• butchering
• offing
• mowing
• scragging
• snuffing
• icing
• getting
• whacking
• decimating
• annihilating
• massacring
• smiting
• terminating
• martyring
• euthanizing
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• animating
• raising
• reviving
• nurturing
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doing for

Of equal effort but requiring far more generosity is the work Min Jin Lee has been doing for over 30 years, telling stories about the integrity of the human spirit that span time and continents. — Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

Not refreshed old engines, not some mild-hybrid workaround, but genuinely new small-blocks designed to keep eight cylinders doing what eight cylinders have been doing for decades. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Its flagship Recall feature, which took screenshots of what users were doing for search purposes, was delayed after security researchers raised concerns about its safety. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026