DOING

Engage in

Example: "Make love, not war"

• make  10

• exaggerate  19
• overdo  10

Carry out or perform an action

Example: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"

• execute  16
• perform  14

• click off
• carry  10
• pipe up
• declaim  12
• • recite  8
  • serenade  9
  • cut corners
  • stunt  5
  • cut  5
  • blaze away
  • scamp  11
  • churn out
  • premier  11
  • premiere  12
  • star  4
  • appear  10
  • practice  14
  • practise  12
  • rehearse  11
  • ad-lib
  • extemporise  22
  • extemporize  31
  • improvise  16
  • improvize
  • interpret  11
  • render  7
  • conduct  12
  • direct  9
  • lead  5
  • make  10
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Get (something) done

Example: "I did my job"

• perform  14

• accomplish  21
• action  8
• carry out
• carry through
• execute  16
• fulfil  12
• fulfill  13

• overachieve  22
• turn  4
• underachieve  21
• underperform  20
• • misdo  8
  • do one's best
  • give full measure
  • give one's best
  • go all out
  • ply  8
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Proceed or get along

Example: "How is she doing in her new job?"

• come  8
• fare  7
• get along
• make out

Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

Example: "Cause a commotion"

• cause  7
• make  10

• create  8
• make  10

• determine  12
• influence  14
• mold  7
• regulate  9
• • shape  10
  • initiate  8
  • pioneer  9
  • effect  14
  • effectuate  18
  • set up
  • make  10
  • occasion  12
  • call forth
  • evoke  12
  • kick up
  • provoke  16
  • breed  8
  • engender  10
  • spawn  10
  • actuate  9
  • incite  8
  • motivate  13
  • move  9
  • prompt  12
  • propel  10
  • force  10
  • impel  9
  • facilitate  15
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Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

Example: "Practice law"

• exercise  17
• practice  14
• practise  12

• shamanise
• shamanize

Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Example: "A few words would answer"

• answer  9
• serve  8
• suffice  15

• fulfil  12
• fulfill  13
• live up to
• satisfy  13

• bridge over
• keep going
• tide over
• go a long way
• • function  13
  • serve  8
  • measure up
  • qualify  22
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Create or design, often in a certain way

Example: "Do my room in blue"

• make  10

Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Example: "You should act like an adult"

• act  5
• behave  14

• act involuntarily
• act reflexively
• bend over backwards
• fall over backwards
• • presume  11
  • vulgarise  13
  • vulgarize  22
  • optimise  12
  • optimize  21
  • quack  20
  • menace  10
  • make  10
  • bluster  9
  • swagger  12
  • swash  11
  • freeze  18
  • wanton  9
  • romanticize  24
  • sentimentalise  16
  • sentimentalize  25
  • sentimentise
  • sentimentize
  • bungle  9
  • play  9
  • toy  6
  • act  5
  • act as
  • play  9
  • stooge  7
  • jest  11
  • joke  15
  • piffle  14
  • make  10
  • make as if
  • break down
  • lose it
  • snap  6
  • dally  9
  • dawdle  11
  • backslap  18
  • sauce  7
  • footle  9
  • frivol  12
  • trifle  9
  • puff up
  • swell  8
  • follow  12
  • loosen up
  • relax  12
  • rage  5
  • ramp  8
  • storm  7
  • wildin'
  • spaz  15
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Spend time in prison or in a labor camp

Example: "He did six years for embezzlement"

• serve  8

• pass  6
• spend  8

• admit  8

Carry on or function

Example: "We could do with a little more help around here"

• manage  9

Arrange attractively

Example: "Dress my hair for the wedding"

• arrange  8
• coif  9
• coiffe  14
• coiffure  16
• dress  6
• set  3

• groom  8
• neaten  6

• bob  7
• wave  10

Travel or traverse (a distance)

Example: "This car does 150 miles per hour"