doing

Engaged in action

Doing is the present participle and gerund form of do.

It is used in progressive tenses (What have you been doing with yourself?) and as a gerund can introduce a noun phrase: Doing this crossword puzzle is taking forever.

action

working

In active function

undertaking · engaging · participating · handling · conducting · managing · operating · functioning · striving · endeavoring

performance

acting

Temporarily holding position

show · theater · drama · portrayal · rendition · interpretation · impersonation · role-playing · entertaining · presenting

deed

act

Deed or performance

achievement · accomplishment · undertaking · endeavor · work · handiwork · contribution · service · misdeed · wrongdoing

busyness

activity

Engagement in doing

involvement · commitment · preoccupation · engagement · industriousness · diligence · grind · toil · slog · drudgery

progress

faring

Managing or progressing

advancing · improving · recovering · thriving · surviving

wellbeing

wellness

Overall state of health

health · spirits · mood · outlook · situation · circumstances · welfare · shape

Categories
Opposites
action vs. inaction

doinginaction

Deliberate nonmovement

idleness · inactivity · resting · passivity · stillness

action vs. mere intention

doingintending

Having a plan

meaning to · planning · wishing · hoping · contemplating

active vs. receptive

doingundergoing

Being subjected to

experiencing · receiving · suffering · enduring · bearing

Phrases
Family

doings, overdoing, redoing, outdoing, underdoing

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