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Antonyms for doer
ˈdu ərdo·er

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. doer

    In strict philosophical usage, the prime mover or doer of an act is the agent. Thus we speak of man as a voluntary agent, a free agent. But in common usage, especially in business, an agent is not the prime actor, but only an instrument or factor, acting under orders or instructions. Compare CAUSE.

    Antonyms:
    chief, inventor, originator, principal

    Synonyms:
    actor, agent, factor, instrument, means, mover, operator, performer, promoter

    Preposition:
    An agent of the company for selling, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. doer

    Antonyms:
    undoer, preventer, hinderer, baffler, neutralizes marrer

    Synonyms:
    agent, actor, performer, originator, perpetrator, maker

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. actor, doer, workernoun

    a person who acts and gets things done

    "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"

    Synonyms:
    prole, player, role player, proletarian, thespian, worker, actor, histrion

How to use doer in a sentence?

  1. John Updike:

    Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better.

  2. John Sfakianakis:

    He is seen by the top leadership as a doer, whether you think he was right or wrong on the labour reforms, he delivered. Of the group of senior ministers at that time, he was the only one who was delivering.

  3. John Updike:

    Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity . . . any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about dong it right, or better.

  4. AiR:

    Nobody can escape Karma, you see. For whatever we do, that is the future that will be. But the one who realizes that the doer is not ME, He is the one from Karma who is free.

  5. Dr. Robert Schuller:

    Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary impossible.

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  • ankit_j
    We use the word ‘subject’ to talk about the person or thing (a noun or pronoun) that does the ‘action.’ Hence object is an appropriate antonym of doer.
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