does well
Performs with competence
Does well indicates successful or satisfactory performance.
A student who does well earns good grades.
A business that does well turns a profit.
The phrase also describes health or recovery: How is your mother doing?
She's doing well, thank you.
To do well for oneself is to achieve prosperity or success.
- bears fruitAchieves productive results
- blossomsFlowers on trees
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- happinessJoyful emotional state
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
makes the grade · success · expertise · mastery · diligence · professionalism · healthiness · perseverance · popularity · in good shape · efficiency · resilience · on top · influence · achieves · hits the mark · flourishing · excels
does wellfails
Does not succeed
struggles · flounders · underperforms · bombs · flops
does welldeclines
Refuses or diminishes
deteriorates · suffers · fails · struggles · ails
does wellstruggles
Difficult prolonged efforts
fails · flounders · goes under · goes bankrupt · falls on hard times
does, well, done, doer, doers, undone, outdone, overdone, deed