Synonyms for do
verb
To discharge one's responsibilities
effect, execute, accomplish; see achieve 1, act 1, perform 1, succeed 1.
To execute commands or instructions
carry out, complete, fulfill; see obey 1, perform 1.
To bring to a close
fulfill, finish, conclude; see achieve 1, end 1.
To cause
bring about, produce, effect; see begin 1, cause 2, create 2, produce 2.
To suffice
serve, be sufficient, give satisfaction; see satisfy 3.
To solve
figure out, work out, decipher; see solve.
To fare
get along, manage, proceed; see advance 1.
To present a play, etc.
give, put on, produce; see perform 2.
To attend to
make, arrange, deal with; see arrange 2, prepare 1.
To travel
journey, explore, tour, visit; see travel 2.
To conduct oneself
behave, acquit oneself, seem, appear; see behave 2.
*To use, as a drug
ingest, take, be on, be addicted to. See syn. stud at perform.perform.
have to do with
See do in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To begin and carry through to completion:
execute, perform, prosecute. (Informal) pull off. See doTo carry out the functions, requirements, or terms of:
discharge, execute, exercise, fulfill, implement, keep, perform. Idiom: live up to. See doTo conduct oneself in a specified way:
acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, demean1, deport, quit. See beTo progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:
fare, fend, get along, get by, manage, muddle through, shift. (Informal) make out. Idioms: make do, make shift. See thriveTo produce on the stage:
act (out), dramatize, enact, give, perform, present2, put on, stage. See performing artsTo play the part of:
act, enact, impersonate, perform, play, play-act, portray, represent. See action, performing arts, substituteTo prepare (food) for eating by the use of heat:
cook. See ingestion- (Informal)
To journey over (a specified distance):
cover, make. See move To meet a need or requirement:
answer, serve, suffice, suit. See excess, help- (Informal)
To spend or complete (time), as a prison term:
put in, serve. See time - (Slang)
To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:
bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. (Informal) chisel, flimflam, take, trim. (Slang) diddle1, gyp, stick, sting. See honest
phrasal verb do forTo work and care for:
attend, minister to, serve, wait on (or upon). See care for
phrasal verb do in- (Slang)
To make extremely tired:
exhaust, fag (out), tire out, wear out. (Informal) knock out, tucker (out). (Slang) poop1 (out). Idioms: run ragged, take it out of. See tired - (Slang)
To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:
destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. (Informal) put away. (Slang) bump off, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See help
phrasal verb do upTo cover and tie (something), as with paper and string:
package, wrap. See put on
noun
- (Informal)
A large or important social gathering:
affair, celebration, festivity, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. (Slang) bash. See group, work
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