Definitions

dost

[duhst] / dʌst /

VERB

carry out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplish achieve act close complete conclude create determine end execute finish make move operate perform prepare produce succeed undertake work

STRONG

arrange cause cook discharge effect fix fulfill organize transact

WEAK

be responsible for bring about do one's thing engage in get ready get with it go for it look after make ready pull off see to take care of business take on wind up wrap up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon abstain bear begin commence destroy discourage dissuade fail forget give up halt hesitate idle ignore introduce lose miss neglect not finish prevent ruin start stop

STRONG

disarrange disorder disorganize disturb

WEAK

defer pass put off undo

VERB

be sufficient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

answer satisfy serve

STRONG

avail suffice suit

WEAK

be adequate be enough be good enough for be of use be useful give satisfaction pass muster

Antonyms

STRONG

dissatisfy

WEAK

defer destroy fail idle lose miss neglect pass put off undo

VERB

figure out, solve

Synonyms

STRONGEST

resolve work out

STRONG

adapt decipher decode interpret render translate transliterate transpose

WEAK

puzzle out

Antonyms

WEAK

defer destroy fail idle lose miss neglect pass put off undo

VERB

act, behave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appear bear carry conduct give go on manage operate perform play present produce quit

STRONG

comport demean deport discourse enact fare impersonate personate playact portray seem

WEAK

acquit oneself come on like get along get by make out muddle through put on render the role stagger along

Antonyms

STRONGEST

direct fail halt refrain stop take withhold

WEAK

defer destroy idle lose miss neglect pass put off undo

VERB

travel, visit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cover look at

STRONG

explore journey tour track traverse

WEAK

pass through stop in

Antonyms

WEAK

defer destroy fail idle lose miss neglect pass put off undo

VERB

cheat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beat

STRONG

bilk chouse con cozen deceive defraud dupe fleece flimflam hoax overreach swindle trick

WEAK

take for a ride

Antonyms

STRONG

be honest give offer

WEAK

defer destroy fail idle lose miss neglect pass put off undo

Example Sentences

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Duke of Gloucester in "Henry VI, Part I": Mayor, farewell: thou dost but what thou mayst.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

POLONIUS: If thou dost insist upon thy wretched vision then let me invest your time; be true to thy work and speak to me through the reason of the null and alternate hypotheses.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

Why dost no man say ‘Juliet and Romeo?’

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

Banquo gazes at his betrayer not with zombielike menace but with quiet reproach, belying Macbeth’s subsequent claim that “thou hast no speculation in those eyes/ Which thou dost glare with.”

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2015

Why art thou sad, my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me, chanted the priest in his deep rich voice.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith