do well

Achieve positive outcomes

To do well is to perform capably, succeed, or thrive.

A student who does well earns good grades.

A business that does well is profitable.

She's doing well after the surgery means recovering satisfactorily.

The phrase often appears in wishes: I hope you do well on the exam.

To do well by someone is to treat them fairly or generously.

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achieve

Succeed through effort

dominate · outshine · excellence · proficient · adept · skillful · talented · distinguished · capable · expertise

succeed

achievement

Accomplished goal or deed

success · attainment · goal · milestone · breakthrough · feat · realize · fulfillment · fruition · completion

prosper

wealth

Abundance of valuable resources

abundance · thriving · comfortable · financial · secure · lucrative · rewarding · gainful · successful · stable

recover

heal

Restore to wellness

bounce back · rally · stabilize · respond · convalesce · pull through · get better · on the mend · progressing · recovering

Opposites
performance/success

do wellfail

Be unsuccessful

struggle · flounder · bomb · underperform · flunk

health/condition

do welldecline

Decrease or refuse

deteriorate · suffer · languish · take a turn for the worse · go downhill

prosperity/fortune

do wellstruggle

Labored effort against resistance

fail · flounder · languish · fall on hard times · go under

Family

well, do, done, unwell, undone, redo, overdo, does, wellness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G