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success

Main Entry:
success [suhk-ses]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: favorable outcome
Synonyms: Easy Street, accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, bed of roses, benefit, big hit, boom*, clover, consummation, do well, eminence, fame, flying colors, fortune, fruition, gain, good luck*, good times, grand slam, gravy train, happiness, happy days, hit, killing, lap of luxury, laugher, maturation, profit, progress, prosperity, realization, reward, savvy, sensation, snap, strike, successfulness, triumph, victory, walkaway, walkover, win, éclat
Antonyms: failure, loss
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Success.
Synonyms:
-nouns
success, successfulness; speed; advance (progress)., trump card; hit, stroke; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike [U.S.]; coup de maitre, checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit (acquisition)., continued success; good fortune (prosperity); time well spent., advantage over; upper hand, whip hand; ascendancy, mastery; expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual; subjugation (subjection)., triumph (exultation); proficiency (skill)., conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the position.
-verbs
succeed; be successful; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success., gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there [U.S.]; manage to, contrive to; accomplish (effect, complete); do wonders, work wonders; make a go of it., come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors; make short work of; take by storm, carry by storm; bear away the bell; win one's spurs, win the battle; win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm; have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop; walk over the course; carry all before one, remain in possession of the field; score a success., speed; make progress (advance); win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper; drive a roaring trade; make profit (acquire); reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil [U.S.]; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account (use)., triumph, be triumphant; gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage; chain victory to one's car., surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle [more]; se tirer d'affaire; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of; distance; surpass (superiority)., defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court., silence, quell, nonsuit, checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump; baffle (hinder); circumvent, elude; trip up, trip up the heels of; drive into a corner, drive to the wall; run hard, put one's nose out of joint., settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp; subdue; subjugate (subject); reduce; make the enemy bite the dust; victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon., answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in.
-adjectives
succeeding; successful; prosperous; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with success; victorious; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten (see beat); well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing.
-adverbs
successfully; well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly; a merveille, beyond all hope; to some purpose, to good purpose; to one's heart's content.
-phrases
veni vidi vici, the day being one;s own, one's star in the ascendant; omne tulit punctum.
Antonyms: failure
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Main Entry: achievement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something completed successfully; goal reached
Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory
Antonyms: defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence
Main Entry: best-seller
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: top-selling item
Synonyms: a top ten, chart-buster, favorite, hit*, hot item, hot seller, mover, number one, record-breaker, success, winner
Antonyms: failure, flop
Main Entry: conquest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: defeat, victory
Synonyms: acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win, clean sweep, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win
Antonyms: failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding
Main Entry: effectiveness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: influence
Synonyms: capability, clout, cogency, effect, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, performance, point, potency, power, punch, strength, success, use, validity, validness, verve, vigor, weight
Antonyms: ineffectiveness, unproductivity, uselessness
Main Entry: efficacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: efficiency; productiveness
Synonyms: ability, adequacy, capability, capableness, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, efficaciousness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight
Notes: if something is efficacious, it is able to produce the desired result; efficacy means the power to produce effects
Antonyms: failure, inefficacy, inefficiency, unproductiveness, uselessness, weakness
Main Entry: fortune
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fate, lot in life
Synonyms: Moirai, accident, break*, certainty, chance, circumstances, contingency, destiny, doom, expectation, experience, fifty-fifty, fighting chance, fluke, fortuity, fortunateness, good break, hazard, history, karma*, kismet*, life, luck, lucked into, lucked out, luckiness, lucky break, lucky hit, portion, providence, roll of the dice, run of luck, star, streak of luck, success, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune
Main Entry: fruition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: achievement, maturation
Synonyms: accomplishment, actualization, attainment, completion, consummation, enjoyment, fulfillment, gratification, materialization, maturity, perfection, pleasure, realization, ripeness, satisfaction, success
Antonyms: failure, unfulfillment
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