Synonyms for don
dɒn; Sp., It. dɔn

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1. Don(noun)

   a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

   Synonyms:
   father, preceptor

2. preceptor, don(noun)

   teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

   Synonyms:
   father, preceptor

3. don, father(noun)

   the head of an organized crime family

   Synonyms:
   sire, father, founding father, founder, forefather, preceptor, beginner, begetter, male parent

4. Don(noun)

   Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu

   Synonyms:
   father, preceptor

5. Don, Don River(noun)

   a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov

   Synonyms:
   father, preceptor

6. Don(verb)

   a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename

   "Don Roberto"

   Synonyms:
   father, preceptor

7. wear, put on, get into, don, assume(verb)

   put clothing on one's body

   "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"

   Synonyms:
   wear thin, dupe, put one over, seize, take, simulate, befool, slang, hold out, tire, put on, endure, wear out, put one across, acquire, move into, adopt, strike, have on, take for granted, come in, assume, take over, gain, presume, take in, go into, break, fall apart, jade, apply, arrogate, tire out, wear upon, turn in, get into, sham, bust, get in, usurp, wear off, gull, outwear, cod, fool, enter, wear down, accept, weary, take on, feign, fatigue, mount, go in, take up, tangle with, fag out, wear, bear

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1. don(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   put on, slip on, dress in

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1. List of paraphrases for "don":

   gift, donation, donated, knack, donating, donate, donations, gifts, gifting, tang, grant, -don, goku, giving, flair

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How to use don in a sentence?

1. John Billings:

   Don't lay any certain plans for the future it is like planting toads and expecting to raise toadstools.

2. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   The reason the markets aren't going lower is people are holding and hoping, the market bottoms out when people are selling and sold out - not when they are holding and hoping. I don't think you've seen real selling in risk assets broadly. Markets need buying to go up and they need volume to go up. They can fall just on gravity.

3. H. Ross Perot:

   Eagles don't flock - you have to find them one at a time.

4. David Bier:

   I don't see any way to get back to it now that Republicans know where their base is on their issue, i would be surprised if you didn't see a more restrictive legal immigration plank than you already have in the GOP platform in 2020.

5. President Trump:

   Nobody ever mentions North Korea, where you have this maniac sitting there, and he actually has nuclear weapons and somebody better start thinking about North Korea and perhaps a couple of other places. But certainly North Korea, you have somebody right now in North Korea who has got nuclear weapons and who is saying almost every other week, ‘ I ’m ready to use them, ’ and we don’t even mention it.

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