do-gooder

1. 1.

   someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms

   Synonymshumanitarianimprover

   Broaderbenefactor

Questions about do-gooder

What does do-gooder mean?

do-gooder means "someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms".

How many syllables are in do-gooder?

do-gooder has 3 syllables: do--goo-der. The stress falls on "do-".

What is another word for do-gooder?

Close synonyms include humanitarian, improver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is do-gooder a common word?

do-gooder 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.