Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do-gooder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: do--good-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Prohibition in the United States was an unsuccessful attempt by do-gooders to save people from the dangers of alcohol, whether they wanted to be saved or not."
"I was hopping along, minding my own business. All of a sudden, up he comes, cures me. One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! “You're cured mate.” Bloody do-gooder."
"That distress call we never received, it was logged with HQ. By some anonymous, piece-o'-shit do-gooder aboard this ship."

Etymology

Etymology tree English do good Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English do-gooder From do good + -er.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

do-gooders (plural) dogooder (alternative)

Phrases

do-gooderism do-goodery do-goodism goo-goo bleeding heart political correctness self-righteous social justice warrior

Frequently Paired Words

do-goodism evildoer goo-goo welldoer bleeding heart moralist political correctness progressivist

Synonyms

humanitarian improver

Questions

What does do-gooder mean?: One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.
Where does do-gooder come from?: Etymology tree English do good Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English do-gooder From do good + -er.

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