Meanings
plural doers
- Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
a doer of good
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By the wisdom proclaimed of old the doer must suffer.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VIII. The Orestea: III. Eumenides”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 205The doer and the thinker No allowance for the other.
1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro TullThough 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 295In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.
2008 March 25, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The GuardianSynonyms: agent, dynamo, gunner, self-starter · Antonyms: doee, patient, idler, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
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Origin
- Old Englishdōere“a doer; worker”
- Middle Englishdoer
- Englishdoer
From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do + -er.
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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
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doer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doer
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