Meanings
comparative more well done · superlative most well done · alternative well-done · alternative welldone
- idiomaticPerformed well.
It was a job well done.
2 more examples
"We've never looked on the Borders Railway as it stands as a job well done. It's part one of a job well done."
2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52They survived a poor second half in Italy and a drab first half-hour here but the end results certainly count as a job well done.
2023 March 26, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport - cookingWell-cooked.
alternative well-done · alternative welldone
- An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
Well done, John. Here's a biscuit for you.
Synonyms: bravo, encore, bravissimo, bully, cock on, congrats, congratulations, fair fucks
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAn exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
Translations
Ancient Greek εὖγε
- εὖγε (eûge)exclamation of praise
Arabic أَحْسَنْتَ, أَحْسَنْتِ
- أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta)exclamation of praise
- أَحْسَنْتِ (ʔaḥsanti)exclamation of praise
- عَفَارِم (ʕafārim)exclamation of praise
Bengali শাবাশ
- শাবাশ (śabaś)exclamation of praise
Bulgarian добре́ опе́чен, добре́ сваре́н
- добре́ опе́чен (dobré opéčen)well cooked
- добре́ сваре́н (dobré svarén)well cooked
Catalan ben fet
- ben fetexclamation of praise
Chinese Mandarin 做得好, 全熟
- 做得好 (zuò de hǎo)performed well
- 全熟 (quánshú)well cooked
- 幹得好 /干得好 (gàn de hǎo)exclamation of praise
Czech výborně, velmi dobře
- výborněexclamation of praise
- velmi dobřeexclamation of praise
Danish velgjort
- velgjortperformed well
Dutch goed doorbakken, goed zo
- goed doorbakkenwell cooked
- goed zoexclamation of praise
- goed gedaanexclamation of praise
Esperanto bone farita
- bone faritaexclamation of praise
Finnish hyvin tehty, kypsä
- hyvin tehtyperformed well
- kypsäwell cooked
- hyvin tehtyexclamation of praise
French bien fait, bien joué
- bien faitperformed well
- bien jouéperformed well
- bien cuitwell cooked
- bravoexclamation of praise
- bien jouéexclamation of praise
German gut durch, durchgebraten
- gut durchwell cooked
- durchgebratenwell cooked
- gut gemachtexclamation of praise
- gut getanexclamation of praise
Greek καλοψημένος, εύγε
- καλοψημένος (kalopsiménos)well cooked
- εύγε (évge)exclamation of praise
- μπράβο (brávo)exclamation of praise
- συγχαρητήρια (syncharitíria)exclamation of praise
Hawaiian moʻa loa
- moʻa loawell cooked
Hebrew יופי \ יֹפִי, כָּל הַכָּבוֹד
- יופי \ יֹפִי (yófi)exclamation of praise
- כָּל הַכָּבוֹד (kol hakavód)exclamation of praise
Hindi शाबाश
- शाबाश (śābāś)exclamation of praise
Hungarian jól végzett/elvégzett, jól átsült/átsütött
- jól végzett/elvégzettperformed well
- jól átsült/átsütöttwell cooked
- szép voltexclamation of praise
- ez igenexclamation of praise
Irish maith thú, maith sibh
- maith thúexclamation of praise
- maith sibhexclamation of praise
Italian ben cotto, bravo
- ben cottowell cooked
- bravoexclamation of praise
Japanese よくできた, ウェルダン
- よくできた (yoku dekita)performed well
- ウェルダン (werudan)well cooked
- 良くやった! (yoku yatta!)exclamation of praise
- 善哉! (zenzai!)exclamation of praise
- 天晴れ! (appare!)exclamation of praise
- よくできました (yoku dekimashita)exclamation of praise
- よくできた (yoku dekita)exclamation of praise
Korean 잘 하셨습니다, 잘 하셨어요
- 잘 하셨습니다 (jal hasyeotseumnida)exclamation of praise
- 잘 하셨어요 (jal hasyeosseoyo)exclamation of praise
- 잘 했어요 (jal haesseoyo)exclamation of praise
- 잘 했어 (jal haesseo)exclamation of praise
Latin mactē
- mactēexclamation of praise
Malay syabas
- syabasexclamation of praise
Māori totokore
- totokorewell cooked
Norwegian Bokmål velgjort, godt stekt
- velgjortperformed well
- godt stektwell cooked
- godt gjortexclamation of praise
Polish dobrze zrobiony, mocno wysmażony
- dobrze zrobionyperformed well
- mocno wysmażonywell cooked
- dobra robotaexclamation of praise
Portuguese bem-passado, passado
- bem-passadowell cooked
- passadowell cooked
- parabénsexclamation of praise
- muito bem!exclamation of praise
Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼
- ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (śābāś)exclamation of praise
Romanian bine făcut, bine lucrat
- bine făcutperformed well
- bine lucratperformed well
- bine fiertwell cooked
- bine gătitwell cooked
- bine prăjitwell cooked
- foarte bineexclamation of praise
- bravoexclamation of praise
- bună treabăexclamation of praise
- bine jucatexclamation of praise
- felicităriexclamation of praise
Russian по́лностью прожа́ренный, молоде́ц!
- по́лностью прожа́ренный (pólnostʹju prožárennyj)well cooked
- молоде́ц! (molodéc!)exclamation of praise
- бра́во! (brávo!)exclamation of praise
- так держа́ть (tak deržátʹ)exclamation of praise
Scottish Gaelic 's math a rinn thu!, sin thu fhèin!
- 's math a rinn thu!exclamation of praise
- sin thu fhèin!exclamation of praise
Spanish bien hecho, bien hecho
- bien hechoperformed well
- bien hechowell cooked
- bien cocidowell cooked
- bien hechoexclamation of praise
- muy bienexclamation of praise
- bravoexclamation of praise
Swedish välstekt, well done
- välstektwell cooked
- well donewell cooked
- bra jobbatexclamation of praise
- braexclamation of praise
- bra gjortexclamation of praise
Turkish aferin
- aferinexclamation of praise
Ukrainian молоде́ць!, бра́во!
- молоде́ць! (molodécʹ!)exclamation of praise
- бра́во! (brávo!)exclamation of praise
- так трима́ти (tak trymáty)exclamation of praise
Urdu شاباش, آفْرِین
- شاباش (śābāś)exclamation of praise
- آفْرِین (āfrīn)exclamation of praise
- اَحْسَنْت (ahsant)exclamation of praise
Vietnamese chín, làm tốt lắm
- chínwell cooked
- làm tốt lắmexclamation of praise
Welsh da iawn, go dda
- da iawnexclamation of praise
- go ddaexclamation of praise
Yiddish דערבראָטן, גוט אויסגעבראָטן
- דערבראָטן (derbrotn)well cooked
- גוט אויסגעבראָטן (gut oysgebrotn)well cooked
- אַ לעבן אויף דײַן קאָפּ (a lebn oyf dayn kop)exclamation of praise
Cite this entry
well done. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well%20done
“well done.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well%20done. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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