Synonyms for do-gooder
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.
Prohibition in the United States was an unsuccessful attempt by do-gooders to save people from the dangers of alcohol, whether they wanted to be saved or not.
Related words
- Other spellings
- dogooder
Forms
- Plural
- do-gooders → humanitarians, improvers…
Example sentences
- humanitarian The phrase "humanitarian bombing" is an oxymoron.
By length
- 8 letters
- improver
- 12 letters
- humanitarian6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humanitarian6 = 6 syllables).