do-gooder
noun
do-good·er ˈdü-ˌgu̇-dər 
: an earnest often naive humanitarian or reformer
do-gooding
ˈdü-ˌgu̇-diŋ
noun or adjective 
Word History
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
do-gooders
noun
as in optimists
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- optimists
- reformers
- perfectionists
- theorists
- daydreamers
- Pollyannas
- idealists
- sentimentalists
- thinkers
- utopians
- dreamers
- doctrinaires
- ideologues
- romantics
- romanticists
- fantasizers
- idealogues
- visionaries
- Micawbers
- emotionalists
- woolgatherers
- idealizers
- fantasts
- Don Quixotes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- realists
- pragmatists
- cynics
- defeatists
- pessimists
- empiricists
- hardnoses
- empirics
- forest bat
- forest cover
- forest elephant
- forest fire
- forest fires
- forest floor
- forest fly
- forest green
- Forest Hills
- forest hog
- forest law
- forest mahogany
- forest mole
- forest Negro
- forest oak
- forest of dean red
- forest pathology
- forest pig
- forest ranger
- forest red gum
- forest school
- forest shrew
- forest tea
- forest tent caterpillar
- forest type