doer

[ doo-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that does doe does do something, especially a person who gets things done done do with vigor and efficiency.
2. a person characterized by action, as distinguished from one given to contemplation.
3. Australian. an amusing or eccentric person; character.

doer

/ ˈduːə /

noun

1. a person or thing that does something or acts in a specified manner

   a doer of good

2. an active or energetic person
3. a thriving animal, esp a horse

Word History and Origins

Origin of doer¹

1300–50; Middle English. See do ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Our signature show, “The Feedback Loop,” is leading the way, with brand new episodes every week featuring interviews with compelling thinkers and doers.

From Singularity Hub 

While audio is seen as subtractive from video, it is additive in terms of broadening the user base beyond so-called creators to the so-called doers, the folks who move the products and services from place to place.

From TechCrunch

Kellee Edwards, a force in the travel world, celebrates other doers in Travel and Leisure’s “Let’s Go Together.”

From Washington Post

Too often, women see little reward or advancement for being the doers in their organizations.

From Search Engine Land

It stratifies organizations into thinkers versus doers—executives versus employees—and in so doing, squanders vast quantities of human initiative.

From Fortune

Like Amalek, the Biblical evil-doer whose name we are enjoined to “blot out.”

From The Daily Beast

Galon comes across as a doer for liberal causes, even if she does not always make headlines.

From The Daily Beast

It was time to restock and reload, time for a new brand of evil-doer.

From The Daily Beast

If we fail or delay to address a concern, matters may become worse, including for the wrong-doer.

From The Daily Beast

In short, he was indispensable for the fulfillment of the Obama Project, a Doer in a team of Dreamers.

From The Daily Beast

This statement does not cover suffering caused to the wrong-doer by natural acts of mine which do not proceed from ill-will.

From Project Gutenberg

It may not, therefore, hurt the person of any wrong-doer, or bear any ill-will to him and so cause him mental suffering.

From Project Gutenberg

Ahimsa requires deliberate self-suffering, not a deliberate injuring of the supposed wrong-doer.

From Project Gutenberg

I must apply the same rules to the wrong-doer who is my enemy or a stranger to me, as I would to my wrong-doing father or son.

From Project Gutenberg

If an injury was done to either, the Commune obtained or itself enforced justice against the wrong-doer.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• achiever
• motivator