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

   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

   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. Sergey Lavrov:

   The attempt of Americans to build a unipolar world did not succeed, they understand it. The whole world understands that you can't do without Russia. The very fact of a meeting and dialogue is a vivid confirmation of it. Honor and praise to President Vladimir V. Putin for being able to strengthen Russia's authority in the international arena so that no matter how the Americans and the EU try to exist in confrontation with us, to pressure us with sanctions, they still have to look for ways of getting closer with us. They all still have to come to Russia.

2. Per Wullf:

   We have been working for some months with a refinancing plan. We have run it by our board as we said during our (fourth-quarter-results conference) call. Now, people are realising that we have started, those who have shorted the share are beginning to panic and see that the shareholders may succeed.

3. Carissa Romero:

   When you praise kids for being smart when they succeed, when they struggle later, they think 'if my past success made me smart, my current struggle makes me dumb,' but when you praise children for the process, when you help them understand that their actions lead to their success, when they face a setback later, they'll realize that there are actions they can take to overcome that setback.

4. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   If at first Opher Doron dont succeed, try try again.

5. Boris Johnson:

   The price of backing down, the price of allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to succeed, to hack off huge parts of Ukraine, to continue with Russian President Vladimir Putin program of conquest, that price will be far, far higher. Everybody here understands that.