Synonyms for doing
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
This is his doing. (= "He did it.")
Related words
- Phrases
- nothing doing what's doing
Forms
- Plural
- doings → works, acts, actions, transactions…
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One may realize that which he has done nothing to bring about; he may realize the dreams of youth by inheriting a fortune; but he can not effect his early designs except by doing the utmost that is necessary to make them fact.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- act Say what you will, I will act on my own judgement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| doing | rising | |
| act | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- act1
- 4 letters
- work1
- 6 letters
- action2
- 11 letters
- transaction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (action2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- agissement
- Español
- actuación
- Deutsch
- tun
- Català
- actuació