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Synonyms for succeed
səkˈsidsuc·ceed
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Wiktionary
succeedverb
Antonyms:
fail, fall on ones facesucceedverb
Antonyms:
precede
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, winAntonyms:
be defeated, come short, fail, fall short, lose, miscarry, miss
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Princeton's WordNet
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 itAntonyms:
miscarry, come before, go wrong, fail, precedesucceed, 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 toAntonyms:
precede, go wrong, miscarry, come before, fail
Dictionary of English Synonymes
succeedverb
Synonyms:
follow, come after, be subsequent tosucceedverb
Synonyms:
take the place of, assume the office ofsucceedverb
Synonyms:
follow, ensue, come afterwards, come subsequentlysucceedverb
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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "succeed":
success, prosper, thrive, succeeds, successful, achieve, pass, succeeded, succeeding, manage
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #19 | be | |
| #416 | provide | |
| #504 | come | |
| #871 | watch | |
| #1164 | follow | |
| #1240 | win | |
| #1288 | survey | |
| #1386 | success | |
| #1493 | pass | |
| #1837 | advance | |
| #1897 | successful | |
| #2217 | manage | |
| #2491 | gain | |
| #2866 | achieve | |
| #5119 | comply | |
| #5503 | trace | |
| #5639 | adopt | |
| #6810 | acquire | |
| #7117 | survive | |
| #7546 | pursue | |
| #7561 | succeed | |
| #7591 | observe | |
| #11545 | succeeded | |
| #12721 | accompany | |
| #14782 | attain | |
| #17822 | prevail | |
| #18549 | thrive | |
| #19999 | succeeding | |
| #21635 | succeeds | |
| #23713 | flourish | |
| #24189 | prosper | |
| #48782 | ensue | |
| #71825 | espouse | |
| #160224 | surveil | |
| #227312 | postdate | |
| #290785 | supervene |
How to use succeed in a sentence?
We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed.
Turning to someone like Mayor Bloomberg who thinks he can buy this election is no better a way to succeed than turning to somebody like Senator Sanders who wants to burn the house down.
I think I will still feel confident doing naked shoots into my old age, I did all of my surgeries to remain beautiful - whether I'm 30, 60, 70 I'll still be beautiful, with age comes beauty too, when you're not happy with yourself, feeling upset and not great, you're not going to succeed, now I love myself and I feel happy looking in the mirror.
It's one of these things you just propose amendments to bills and encourage hearings and sooner or later the dam breaks, but I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.
We didn't succeed all the way but on the other hand we got many points proven.
Translations for succeed
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- نجحArabic
- uspětCzech
- nachfolgenGerman
- πετυχαίνωGreek
- sukcesi, postveniEsperanto
- heredar, suceder, conseguirSpanish
- موفق شدنPersian
- menestyä, onnistuaFinnish
- succéder, réussir, avoir du succèsFrench
- הצליחHebrew
- सफल होने केHindi
- sikerül, követ, örökölHungarian
- succedere, riuscireItalian
- 継ぐ, 相続する, 継承する, 成功する, 続くJapanese
- سهرکهوتنKurdish
- succedere, succedo, subeoLatin
- tutuki, tauaMāori
- odziedziczyćPolish
- [[ter]]/[[obter]] [[sucesso]]/[[êxito]], suceder, seguir, conseguirPortuguese
- reuși, succede, succedaRomanian
- достичь цели, достигать цели, следовать, преуспетьRussian
- naslediti, slediti, uspetiSlovene
- lyckasSwedish
- fanikiwaSwahili
- başarılı olmakTurkish
- 成功Chinese
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