Synonyms for SUCCEED
səkˈsidsuc·ceed

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1. succeedverb

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall on ones face

2. succeedverb

   Antonyms:
   precede

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1. succeed

   A person succeeds when he accomplishes what he attempts, or attains a desired object or result; an enterprise or undertaking succeeds that has a prosperous result. To win implies that some one loses, but one may succeed where no one fails. A solitary swimmer succeeds in reaching the shore; if we say he wins the shore we contrast him with himself as a possible loser. Many students may succeed in study; a few win the special prizes, for which all compete. Compare FOLLOW.

   Synonyms:
   achieve, attain, flourish, prevail, prosper, thrive, win

   Antonyms:
   be defeated, come short, fail, fall short, lose, miscarry, miss

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1. succeed

   Synonyms:
   follow, supervene, prosper, flourish, ensue, thrive

   Antonyms:
   proceed, anticipate, fall

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1. succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goodsverb

   attain success or reach a desired goal

   "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

   Synonyms:
   gain ground, get through, acquire, gain, deliver the goods, break through, win, get ahead, provide, make headway, pull ahead, come after, follow, pull round, pull through, bring home the bacon, advance, survive, come through, make it, succeed

   Antonyms:
   miscarry, come before, go wrong, fail, precede

2. succeed, come after, followverb

   be the successor (of)

   "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

   Synonyms:
   keep up, take after, adopt, watch over, comply, stick with, keep an eye on, deliver the goods, be, travel along, win, come, observe, play along, abide by, come after, watch, trace, follow, surveil, accompany, fall out, postdate, bring home the bacon, pursue, keep abreast, stick to, survey, come through, espouse, conform to, succeed

   Antonyms:
   precede, go wrong, miscarry, come before, fail

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1. succeedverb

   Synonyms:
   follow, come after, be subsequent to

2. succeedverb

   Synonyms:
   take the place of, assume the office of

3. succeedverb

   Synonyms:
   follow, ensue, come afterwards, come subsequently

4. succeedverb

   Synonyms:
   prosper, flourish, prevail, thrive, hit, make a hit, come on, be successful, meet with success, go on well, go on swimmingly, have a run of luck, hit the right nail on the head, turn up trumps, have the game in one's hands

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1. List of paraphrases for "succeed":

   success, prosper, thrive, succeeds, successful, achieve, pass, succeeded, succeeding, manage

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1. Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf:

   Wrongful sales practice behavior in our retail banking business ... runs counter to our vision of helping our customers succeed financially and it is not representative of Wells Fargo as an institution.

2. Maria Montessori:

   Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

3. Bill Lyon:

   If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

4. Samuel Smiles:

   It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

5. John Lewis:

   We do not want our freedom gradually ; we want to be free now, sometimes when I look back and think about it, how did we do what we did ? How did we succeed ? We didn't have a website. We didn't have a cellular telephone.