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(Entry 1 of 4)
- it's supposed to be some sort of fancy do
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- bake,
- clambake,
- cocktail party,
- hen party,
- house party,
- housewarming,
- icebreaker,
- kaffeeklatsch,
- kegger
- (also keg party),
- klatch
- (also klatsch),
- masquerade,
- meet and greet,
- mixer,
- salon,
- shower,
- social,
- soiree
- (or soirée),
- stag,
- supper,
- symposium,
- tea,
- tea party
- issued a long list of dos and don'ts before we even started the project
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- you can tell that the picture was taken in the 1980s from my permed do
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- in this hour of national crisis everyone must do their do
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- in that small town a great deal of do could come from very little indeed
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- ado,
- alarums and excursions,
- ballyhoo,
- blather,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- bother,
- bustle,
- clatter,
- clutter
- [chiefly dialect],
- coil,
- commotion,
- corroboree
- [Australian],
- disturbance,
- foofaraw,
- fun,
- furor,
- furore,
- fuss,
- helter-skelter,
- hoo-ha
- (also hoo-hah),
- hoopla,
- hubble-bubble,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly,
- hurly-burly,
- hurricane,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry
- (or hurry-skurry),
- kerfuffle
- [chiefly British],
- moil,
- pandemonium,
- pother,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumpus,
- shindy,
- splore
- [Scottish],
- squall,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm,
- to-do,
- tumult,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- welter,
- whirl,
- williwaw,
- zoo
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- calm,
- hush,
- peace,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rest,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
do
verb (1)Synonyms & Antonyms of do (Entry 2 of 4)
- do as much as you can and leave the rest
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- engage (in),
- practice
- (also practise)
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- did the living room in French provincial style
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- I'm doing just fine
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- this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good
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- the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again
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- how are you doing with the house restoration?
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- 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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- did them out of their savings with surprising ease
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- beat,
- bilk,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- gyp,
- hose
- [slang],
- hustle,
- mulct,
- nobble
- [British slang],
- pluck,
- ream,
- rip off,
- rook,
- screw,
- shake down,
- short,
- shortchange,
- skin,
- skunk,
- squeeze,
- stick,
- stiff,
- sting,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
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- no one is sure who did them in that alley
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- bash,
- baste,
- bat,
- batter,
- beat,
- belabor,
- belt,
- birch,
- bludgeon,
- buffet,
- bung up,
- club,
- curry,
- drub,
- fib
- [British],
- flog,
- hammer,
- hide,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lash,
- lather,
- lick,
- maul,
- mess (up),
- paddle,
- pelt,
- pommel,
- pound,
- pummel,
- punch out,
- rough (up),
- slate,
- slog,
- switch,
- tan,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- thump,
- tromp,
- wallop,
- whale,
- whip,
- whop
- (or whap),
- whup,
- work over
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- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- beset,
- box,
- bust,
- chop,
- clobber,
- clout,
- crack,
- cudgel,
- cuff,
- descend (on or upon),
- hit,
- jump (on),
- knock,
- lam,
- lay on,
- paste,
- pounce (on or upon),
- punch,
- raid,
- rush,
- slam,
- slap,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- storm,
- swat,
- swipe,
- thwack,
- whack,
- wham,
- whomp
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- nothing's ever doing in this boring little town
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done
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of done (Entry 3 of 4)
- the demanding job was finally done
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- after bicycling 30 miles we were completely done
Synonyms for done
- all in,
- aweary
- [archaic],
- beat,
- beaten,
- bleary,
- burned-out
- (or burnt-out),
- bushed,
- dead,
- drained,
- exhausted,
- fatigued,
- jaded,
- knackered
- [British],
- limp,
- logy
- (also loggy),
- played out,
- pooped
- [slang],
- prostrate,
- spent,
- tapped out,
- tired,
- tuckered (out),
- washed-out,
- wearied,
- weary,
- wiped out,
- worn,
- worn-out
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- the day of the small independent grocer is done
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done
verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of done (Entry 4 of 4)
- that outfit just won't do for the opera
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- functioned,
- worked
- (or wrought)
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- do as much as you can and leave the rest
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- did the living room in French provincial style
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- I'm doing just fine
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- this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good
Synonyms for done
- begotten
- (or begot),
- bred,
- brought,
- brought about,
- brought on,
- catalyzed,
- caused,
- created,
- drawn on,
- effected,
- effectuated,
- engendered,
- generated,
- induced,
- invoked,
- made,
- occasioned,
- produced,
- prompted,
- resulted (in),
- spawned,
- translated (into),
- worked
- (or wrought),
- yielded
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Near Antonyms for done
- clamped down (on),
- cracked down (on),
- crushed,
- dampened,
- put down,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- repressed,
- smothered,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- suppressed
- canned
- [slang],
- killed,
- snuffed (out),
- stilled
- the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again
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- how are you doing with the house restoration?
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- advanced,
- come,
- come along,
- fared,
- forged,
- gone,
- gone along,
- gone off,
- got along
- (or gotten along),
- got on
- (or gotten on),
- marched,
- paced,
- proceeded,
- progressed
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- 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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- did them out of their savings with surprising ease
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- beaten
- (or beat),
- bilked,
- bled,
- cheated,
- chiseled
- (or chiselled),
- choused,
- conned,
- cozened,
- defrauded,
- diddled,
- done in,
- euchred,
- fiddled,
- fleeced,
- flimflammed,
- gaffed,
- gypped,
- hosed
- [slang],
- hustled,
- mulcted,
- nobbled
- [British slang],
- plucked,
- reamed,
- ripped off,
- rooked,
- screwed,
- shaken down,
- shortchanged,
- shorted,
- skinned,
- skunked,
- squeezed,
- stiffed,
- stuck,
- stung,
- suckered,
- swindled,
- thimblerigged,
- victimized
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- no one is sure who did them in that alley
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- bashed,
- basted,
- batted,
- battered,
- beaten
- (or beat),
- belabored,
- belted,
- birched,
- bludgeoned,
- buffeted,
- bunged up,
- clubbed,
- curried,
- drubbed,
- fibbed
- [British],
- flogged,
- hammered,
- hided,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- lashed,
- lathered,
- licked,
- mauled,
- messed (up),
- paddled,
- pelted,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pounded,
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- punched out,
- roughed (up),
- slated,
- slogged,
- switched,
- tanned,
- thrashed,
- threshed,
- thumped,
- tromped,
- walloped,
- whaled,
- whipped,
- whopped
- (or whapped),
- whupped,
- worked over
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- assailed,
- assaulted,
- attacked,
- beset,
- boxed,
- busted
- (also bust),
- chopped,
- clobbered,
- clouted,
- cracked,
- cudgeled
- (or cudgelled),
- cuffed,
- descended (on or upon),
- hit,
- jumped (on),
- knocked,
- laid on,
- lammed,
- pasted,
- pounced (on or upon),
- punched,
- raided,
- rushed,
- slammed,
- slapped,
- smacked,
- smashed,
- socked,
- spanked,
- stormed,
- swatted,
- swiped,
- thwacked,
- whacked,
- whammed,
- whomped
Phrases Synonymous with done
- nothing's ever doing in this boring little town
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