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doer

doer

40 3.5
A person who takes action to finish tasks
  • noun
  • /ˈduːər/
translation icon : persona de acción
  • He was a doer.
  • thinkers and doers
  • evil doer
  • the doer of the deed

And that's just something that, you know, if you are the doer, you'll make mistakes.

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Examples

  • Jason is probably the preeminent economic policy thinker and doer of his generation.

  • But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

  • We all love a doer.

  • This is the child who is always the doer, the helper.

  • The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

  • But Venetians had a reputation as doers rather than thinkers.

  • He's a doer.

  • He is a doer.

  • In any team project, we need a doer who can turn ideas into reality.

  • She is known as a doer because she always completes her tasks efficiently.

Synonyms

achiever
vsdoer
18 3.2

A person who reaches their goals through hard work and skill

values taking action to make progress more than gaining status
actioner
vsdoer
  • Jargon
7.9

A person who starts tasks and gets things done

acts to get things done in any situation, not only in teams
fulfiller
vsdoer
3.9

A person or thing that completes a required task

focuses on taking action and driving outcomes rather than merely finishing tasks

Antonyms

69 2.1

A person who speaks a lot, often in public

idler
  • Offensive
2 7.0

A person who avoids work and does very little

How Action-Oriented

go-getter
16 5.0
self-starter
2 5.6
doer
40 3.5
organizer
  • US
149 2.8
planner
124 3.2
talker
69 2.1

Surface Forms

doer singular
doers plural

Morphology

doer = do (transparent) = do + er

Clear agentive formation: 'do' (verb) + '-er' regularly yields 'person who does'.

Etymology

The word doer comes from the simple verb do, which means 'to act', plus the ending -er that makes 'a person who', as in teacher or worker. So a doer is someone who takes action and gets things done.