doer

do·er
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UK/ˈduː.ə/UK[ˈdʊu̯.ə]US/ˈdu.ɚ/US[ˈdʊu̯.ɚ] ~ [ˈdʊu̯.ɹ̩]

noun

Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.

“a doer of good”

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

noundoer (plural doers)

plural doers

  1. Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.

    a doer of good

    4 more examples

    By the wisdom proclaimed of old the doer must suffer.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. The Orestea: III. Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 205

    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

    In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

    2008 March 25, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian

    Synonyms: agent, dynamo, gunner, self-starter · Antonyms: doee, patient, idler, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who acts and gets things done

Broader
causal agentcausecausal agency

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishdōere“a doer; worker”
  2. Middle Englishdoer
  3. Englishdoer

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

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Translations

Arabic فَاعِل, فَاعِلَة
  • فَاعِل (fāʕil)someone who does
  • فَاعِلَة (fāʕila)someone who does
Bulgarian извърши́тел, извърши́телка
  • извърши́тел (izvăršítel)someone who does
  • извърши́телка (izvăršítelka)someone who does
  • де́ятел (déjatel)someone who does
  • де́ятелка (déjatelka)someone who does
Finnish tekijä
  • tekijäsomeone who does
French faiseur, faiseuse
  • faiseursomeone who does
  • faiseusesomeone who does
German Macher, Macherin
  • Machersomeone who does
  • Macherinsomeone who does
Hindi कर्ता, कर्ती
  • कर्ता (kartā)someone who does
  • कर्ती (kartī)someone who does
  • कर्त्री (kartrī)someone who does
Portuguese fazedor, fazedora
  • fazedorsomeone who does
  • fazedorasomeone who does
Russian исполни́тель, исполни́тельница
  • исполни́тель (ispolnítelʹ)someone who does
  • исполни́тельница (ispolnítelʹnica)someone who does
  • де́ятель (déjatelʹ)someone who does
  • де́ятельница (déjatelʹnica)someone who does
Spanish hacedor, facedor
  • hacedorsomeone who does
  • facedorsomeone who does
  • haciente (disused)someone who does
Swedish görare
  • göraresomeone who does
Turkish eden, fail
  • edensomeone who does
  • failsomeone who does
  • yapansomeone who does
Ukrainian викона́вець, викона́виця
  • викона́вець (vykonávecʹ)someone who does
  • викона́виця (vykonávycja)someone who does
  • дія́ч (dijáč)someone who does
  • дія́чка (dijáčka)someone who does

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with doer

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Sounds the same

dewarDewar (US, Canada, yod-dropping)

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Cite this entry
APA

doer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doer

MLA

“doer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doer.

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