doer

doer
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. See agent.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. actor, performer, agent, instrument, participant, perpetrator, operator, man of action, woman of action, mover, organizer, producer, practitioner, activist, dynamo, go-getter*, ball of fire*; see also means 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
*go-getter, *mover and shaker, activist, risk-taker, enterpriser.

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  • doer — se de doeu se das ofensas; doer se das costas. doer se com doer se com a ingratidão; doeu se com ele. doer se por dói me por te ter ofendido; muito te dóis por ele! …   Dicionario dos verbos portugueses

  • Doer — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Bruno Doer (1905–?), deutscher klassischer Philologe und Althistoriker Gary Doer (* 1948), kanadischer Politiker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit dem …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • doer — [do͞o′ər] n. 1. a person who does something or acts in a specified manner [a doer of good] 2. a person who gets things done …   English World dictionary

  • Doer — Do er, n. [From {Do}, v. t. & i.] 1. One who does; one who performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent. [1913 Webster] The doers of the law shall be justified. Rom. ii. 13. [1913 Webster] 2. (Scots Law) An agent or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • DOER — Department of Employee Relations Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …   Law dictionary

  • doer — c.1300, agent noun from DO (Cf. do) …   Etymology dictionary

  • doer — |ê| v. intr. 1. Sentir dor em; causar dor a. • v. intr. e pron. 2.  [Figurado] Sentir ou ter pena. = COMPADECER SE 3. Arrepender se; queixar se.   ‣ Etimologia: latim doleo, ere, sentir dor, causar dor, lamentar …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • doer — [n] go getter achiever, busy person, dynamo*, energetic person, man of action, motivator, mover and shaker*, risk taker, woman of action; concept 706 …   New thesaurus

  • doer — UK [ˈduːə(r)] / US [ˈduər] noun [countable] Word forms doer : singular doer plural doers someone who is active and achieves things He considers himself more of a doer than a thinker …   English dictionary

  • doer — [[t]du͟ːə(r)[/t]] doers N COUNT If you refer to someone as a doer, you mean that they do jobs promptly and efficiently, without spending a lot of time thinking about them. Robertson was a doer, not a thinker …   English dictionary

  • doer — noun 1) the doer of unspeakable deeds Syn: performer, perpetrator, executor, accomplisher, agent 2) Daniel is a thinker more than a doer Syn: worker, organizer, man/woman of action; informal mover and shaker, busy bee …   Thesaurus of popular words

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