gets ahead

Main Entry:
get ahead
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excel, succeed
Synonyms: advance, be successful, climb, do well, flourish, get on, leave behind, make good, outdo, outmaneuver, overtake, progress, prosper, surpass, thrive
Antonyms: fail, fall behind
Main Entry: flourish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grow, prosper
Synonyms: amplify, arrive, augment, batten, be on top of heap, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, come along, develop, do well, expand, flower, get ahead, get on, go, go great guns, hit it big, increase, live high on hog, make out, multiply, score, succeed, thrive, wax
Antonyms: cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt
Main Entry: go far
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be successful
Synonyms: achieve, advance, do well, get ahead, get on, make a name, move up in the world, progress, rise, succeed
Antonyms: fail
Main Entry: pass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go by, elapse; move onward
Synonyms: befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, fly by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend
Antonyms: get, take, use
Main Entry: thrive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do well
Synonyms: advance, arrive, batten, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, develop, flourish, get ahead, get fat, get on, get places, get there, grow, grow rich, increase, make a go, mushroom, progress, prosper, radiate, rise, score*, shine, shoot up, succeed, turn out well, wax
Antonyms: decline, fail, languish, lose
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