Dictionary

doer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈdʊu̯.ɚ] ~ [ˈdʊu̯.ɹ̩] (General-American)
• /ˈdu.ɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈduː.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈdʊu̯.ə] (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
   • By the wisdom proclaimed of old the doer must suffer. 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. The Orestea: III. Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 205:
   • In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in. 2008 March 25, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian:
   • a doer of good
   • The doer and the thinker No allowance for the other. 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
   • Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...]. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 295:

Forms

Antonyms

tarrier · slacker · goldbricker · lollygagger · idler · dawdler · idleton · ragabash · sofa spud · layabout · patient · wasteman · shirker · goof-off · lazy ass · flaneur · get-nothing · truant · victim · slow belly · skiver · slugabed · loiter-sack · slacker · lounger · waster · faineant · lollygagger · couch potato · lallygag · dosser · lounge lizard · sluggard · slugabug · layabout · slug · good-for-nothing · ne'er-do-well · slug-a-bed · dogfucker · loafer · do-naught · lidderon · deadbeat · faineant · laggard · morepork · poop · bum · do-nothing · scrounger · wastrel · doee · slugabed · lazybones · patient · idler · idler · footler · slob · do-naught · lazy louse · do-nothing · lie-abed · sluggabed

Coordinates

be-er

Deriveds

doership · evildoer · welldoer · doer-upperer · wrongdoer · can-doer · evil-doer · rightdoer · doerless · ill-doer · poor doer

Hypernyms

person

Hyponyms

life of the party · party animal · life and soul of the party

Relateds

live wire · go-getter · eager beaver · lazy · proactive · bundle of nerves · ball of fire · actively · active · busy beaver · maverick · bundle of energy · worker

Synonyms

self-starter · agent · doer · dynamo · gunner

Translations (40)

de Macher (someone who does) · tr eden (someone who does) · udi бал (someone who does) · enm doer (someone who does) · uk дія́чка (someone who does) · es facedor (someone who does) · pt fazedor (someone who does) · tr yapan (someone who does) · ar فَاعِلَة (someone who does) · be дзе́ячка (someone who does) · es haciente (disused) (someone who does) · bg извърши́телка (someone who does) · ru исполни́тельница (someone who does) · txb yāmätstse (someone who does) · fi tekijä (someone who does) · ar فَاعِل (someone who does) · ru де́ятельница (someone who does) · bg де́ятелка (someone who does) · uk викона́виця (someone who does) · xag 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (someone who does) · de Macherin (someone who does) · sa कर्तृ (someone who does) · bg извърши́тел (someone who does) · sv görare (someone who does) · bg де́ятел (someone who does) · uk дія́ч (someone who does) · ru де́ятель (someone who does) · az edən (someone who does) · tr fail (someone who does) · pt fazedora (someone who does) · uk викона́вець (someone who does) · be выкана́ўца (someone who does) · be выкана́вец (someone who does) · fr faiseur (someone who does) · es hacedor (someone who does) · fr faiseuse (someone who does) · ru исполни́тель (someone who does) · be дзе́яч (someone who does) · hi कर्ता (someone who does) · gl facedor (someone who does)