Synonyms for deed
- noun
All synonyms
Noun
act, action, thing, document, fact, indenture, feat, contract, transaction, achievement, work, title, instrument, truth, turn, proceeding, reality, charter, step, passage, stunt, performance, hadith, exploit, muniment
Definitions
- n. 1
An action or act; something that is done.
One small deed can have one strong effect or more.
Related words
- Word family
- deeder deedful
- Phrases
- do the deed quitclaim deed
Forms
- Plural
- deeds → acts, actions, things, documents…
Choose the right word
An act is strictly and originally something accomplished by an exercise of power, in which sense it is synonymous with deed or effect. Act and deed are both used for the thing done, but act refers to the power put forth, deed to the result accomplished; as, a voluntary act, a bad deed.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- title This is the title of a book that I've read before.
- document I need help translating this document into French.
- transaction I have to conclude this transaction within a week.
- hadith The Talmud and Hadith both mention 18,000 worlds.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deed | falling | |
| title | falling | |
| document | rising | |
| transaction | rising | |
| indenture | falling | |
| hadith | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- act1
- 4 letters
- work1, fact1, turn1, step1, feat1
- 5 letters
- thing1, title2, truth1, stunt1
- 6 letters
- action2, hadith
- 7 letters
- reality4, passage2, charter2, exploit2
- 8 letters
- contract2, document3, muniment
- 9 letters
- indenture3
- 10 letters
- instrument3, proceeding3
- 11 letters
- performance3, achievement3, transaction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (title2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- exploit