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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 Pollock:

    Boris is a leader, Jeremy is a doer, boris doesn't need to know the detail as long as he gets the right people to do their jobs.

  2. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

    The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer

  3. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    The only way to become a doer is to find something worth doing.

  4. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

    A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.

  5. John Updike:

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

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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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