can-do

1. 1.

   marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done

   “a can-do kind of person”

   “the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit”

   Similardynamic

   slang

Questions about can-do

What does can-do mean?

can-do means "marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done".

How many syllables are in can-do?

can-do has 2 syllables: can--do. The stress falls on "can-".

Is can-do a common word?

can-do is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.