do well

1. 1.

   act in one's own or everybody's best interest

   “You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!”

   Synonymshad best

   Broaderact

Questions about do well

What does do well mean?

do well means "act in one's own or everybody's best interest".

What is another word for do well?

Close synonyms include had best. 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 well a common word?

do well 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.