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do well

NOUN
success
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplishment achievement advance benefit boom fame gain happiness profit progress prosperity realization triumph victory win
STRONG
arrival ascendancy attainment clover consummation eminence fortune fruition hit killing laugher maturation reward savvy sensation snap strike successfulness walkaway walkover
WEAK
bed of roses big hit easy street flying colors good luck good times grand slam gravy train happy days lap of luxury éclat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
defeat failure forfeit loss misfortune sadness sorrow unhappiness
STRONG
inferiority unfulfillment
VERB
come along
Synonyms
WEAK
get on improve mend perk up pick up rally recover recuperate show improvement
VERB
flourish
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bloom blossom boom develop expand multiply succeed thrive
STRONG
amplify arrive augment batten burgeon flower go increase score wax
WEAK
be on top of heap bear fruit come along get ahead get on go great guns hit it big live high on hog make out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease fail lessen lose shrink shrivel wither
WEAK
cease hinder languish stunt
VERB
get ahead
Synonyms
WEAK
advance be successful climb flourish get on leave behind make good outdo outmaneuver overtake progress prosper surpass thrive
Antonyms
WEAK
fail fall behind
VERB
go far
Synonyms
WEAK
achieve advance get ahead get on make a name move up in the world progress rise succeed
Antonyms
WEAK
fail
VERB
prosper
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bloom blossom catch on flourish multiply thrive
STRONG
advance arrive augment batten bear benefit fatten flower gain increase produce progress rise score yield
WEAK
be enriched bear fruit become rich become wealthy do wonders fare well feather nest get on get there go places go to town grow rich hit it big hit the jackpot make a killing make good make it make mark make money make out strike it rich turn out well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail languish shrink shrivel wither
STRONG
decline decrease lose recede refuse retreat retrogress stop

Example Sentences

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“I know you want me to do well and I wanna do that because you guys bet on it ... I’m gonna keep stepping up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Anyone who is planning to open a restaurant would do well to read this book first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But “we think tech will do well regardless of what happens” in the next two weeks under the agreement to pause fighting in the Middle East as a peace plan is negotiated, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Macro trading, the strategy practiced by Scott Bessent before he became Treasury Secretary, is one of the few hedge-fund-like categories to do well since the war began.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I wanted to keep going, and I wanted to do well.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola