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gets ahead
| Main Entry: |
get ahead
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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