well done
well done adjective: performed well.
Adjective
well done (comparative more well done, superlative most well done)
- Performed well.
- It was a job well done.
- "We've never looked on the Borders Railway as it stands as a job well done. It's part one of a job well done."2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52
- Well-cooked.
- Cooked through to the center.
- She liked her steaks well done.
- Cooked through to the center.
Interjection
- An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
- Well done, John. Here's a biscuit for you.
- Synonyms:
- bravo, encore, bravissimo, bully, cock on, congrats, congratulations, fair fucks, full marks, get you
well done meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
well done in Hindi
- exclamation of praise
- शाबाश śābāś
well done in Tamil
- சபாஷ்
well done in Urdu
- exclamation of praise
- شاباش śābāś, آفْرِین āfrīn, اَحْسَنْت ahsant
well done in Bengali
- exclamation of praise
- শাবাশ śabaś
More languagesFewer languages
- well done in Malayalam
- ബലേ balē
- well done in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ śābāś
- well done in Sanskrit
- साधु sādhu
- well done in Arabic
- أَحْسَنْتَ ʔaḥsanta, أَحْسَنْتِ ʔaḥsanti, عَفَارِم ʕafārim
- well done in Malay
- syabas
- well done in Vietnamese
- chín, làm tốt lắm
Synonyms of well done
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Antonyms
Forms of well done
| comparative | more well done |
|---|---|
| superlative | most well done |
| alternative form | well-done |
| alternative form | welldone |
Questions about well done
- What does well done mean?
- Well done means performed well.
- What is well done in Hindi?
- Well done in Hindi is शाबाश (śābāś). See Well done meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is well done?
- Well done can be an adjective or an interjection.
Words near well done in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: well done (page history and authors); well done (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ബലേ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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