done for

1. 1.

   destroyed or killed

   “we are gone geese”

   Synonymskaputgone

   Similardestroyed

   colloquialism

2. 2.

   doomed to extinction

   Synonymsruinedsunkundonewashed-up

   Similarunsuccessful

Questions about done for

What does done for mean?

done for means "destroyed or killed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for done for?

Close synonyms include kaput, gone, ruined, sunk, undone. 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 done for a common word?

done for 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.