100 Words to Use Instead of “Do”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	accomplish	successfully do or achieve
2.	act	take action; do something
3.	adjust	change slightly to fit
4.	administer	manage and carry out
5.	aid	help or assist
6.	aim	intend to do
7.	arrange	organize in order
8.	assist	help someone do something
9.	attempt	try to do something
10.	attend to	take care of a task
11.	begin	start to do
12.	carry out	do something as planned
13.	carry through	complete what you started
14.	check	examine to confirm
15.	clean	remove dirt or mess
16.	complete	finish doing something
17.	comply	do what is required
18.	conduct	organize and do an activity
19.	consent	give permission or agree
20.	coordinate	organize people to do
21.	correct	fix an error
22.	deal with	handle a situation or task
23.	direct	guide and manage actions
24.	edit	revise by making changes
25.	enable	make possible to do
26.	endeavor	try hard to do
27.	examine	look at closely
28.	execute	perform a plan or task
29.	exercise	do physical activity
30.	facilitate	make easier to do
31.	finish	bring to an end
32.	fix	repair or make right
33.	follow through	do what you promised
34.	fulfill	do what is required
35.	function	operate as intended
36.	go on	continue doing
37.	guide	show how to do
38.	handle	deal with and do
39.	help	assist in doing something
40.	improve	make better by changes
41.	initiate	start something new
42.	inspect	examine carefully for issues
43.	instruct	teach how to do
44.	investigate	look into to find truth
45.	keep	follow or maintain a rule
46.	launch	start something publicly
47.	lead	guide others to do
48.	let	allow someone to do
49.	maintain	keep in good condition
50.	make	create or produce
51.	manage	be in charge of doing
52.	meet	satisfy a requirement
53.	mend	repair something damaged
54.	obey	do what you’re told
55.	observe	follow a rule or custom
56.	operate	run or control a machine
57.	organize	put into a structured order
58.	oversee	watch and direct work
59.	perform	carry out an action or task
60.	permit	allow officially
61.	plan	decide how to do
62.	polish	make smooth and shiny
63.	practice	do repeatedly to improve
64.	prepare	get something ready
65.	proceed	continue to do
66.	pursue	try to achieve
67.	react	respond with action
68.	redo	do again to improve
69.	repair	fix something broken
70.	repeat	do again
71.	research	study to discover facts
72.	respond	act in reply
73.	resume	start again after stopping
74.	run	operate or manage
75.	schedule	plan a time to do
76.	scrub	clean by rubbing hard
77.	see to	make sure something gets done
78.	seek	try to obtain or do
79.	service	maintain by checking and fixing
80.	set up	arrange so it can work
81.	strive	work hard to do
82.	study	do learning work
83.	supervise	oversee people doing work
84.	support	help by providing resources
85.	tackle	deal with a difficult task
86.	take care of	deal with something needing action
87.	take on	accept responsibility to do
88.	take up	begin doing an activity
89.	teach	help someone learn to do
90.	test	try to see if it works
91.	tidy	make neat and orderly
92.	train	practice to gain skill
93.	try	attempt to do
94.	tune	adjust for best performance
95.	undertake	take on a task
96.	update	make current by changing
97.	upgrade	improve by replacing parts
98.	wash	clean with water
99.	work	do a job or task
100.	wrap up	finish and conclude