doer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈduər/ UK /ˈduːə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who acts rather than merely talks or thinks

She's a doer who turns ideas into results.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who acts rather... achieveractivist performer worker actor go-getter

Opposites

idler talkerprocrastinatorloafer

Word family

Related forms do deedwrongdoerevildoer

Etymology

From the verb do + -er; do descends from Old English don ('to do, make'), from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- ('to set, put').

don Old English *dōną Proto-Germanic *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society

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# doer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈduər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈduːə/

## Meanings
1. a person who acts rather than merely talks or thinks

## Examples
- She's a doer who turns ideas into results.

## Synonyms
- achiever
- activist
- performer
- worker
- actor
- go-getter

## Antonyms
- idler
- talker
- procrastinator
- loafer

## Related Forms
- do
- deed
- wrongdoer
- evildoer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: don
- Root: *dōną
- Root: *dʰeh₁-

## Etymology
From the verb do + -er; do descends from Old English don ('to do, make'), from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- ('to set, put').

## AI Etymology
Doer comes from the verb do + -er; do descends from Old English don ('to do, make'), from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- ('to set, put'). The historical trail runs through Old English don, Proto-Germanic *dōną and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a person who acts rather than merely talks or thinks. Related forms include do, deed, wrongdoer, evildoer.

## Topics
- People & Society

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