Synonyms for success
səkˈsɛssuc·cess

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1. success

   Victory is the state resulting from the overcoming of an opponent or opponents in any contest, or from the overcoming of difficulties, obstacles, evils, etc., considered as opponents or enemies. In the latter sense any hard-won achievement, advantage, or success may be termed a victory. In conquest and mastery there is implied a permanence of state that is not implied in victory. Triumph, originally denoting the public rejoicing in honor of a victory, has come to signify also a peculiarly exultant, complete, and glorious victory. Compare CONQUER.

   Synonyms:
   achievement, advantage, conquest, mastery, supremacy, triumph, victory

   Antonyms:
   defeat, destruction, disappointment, disaster, failure, frustration, miscarriage, overthrow, retreat, rout

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1. success

   Synonyms:
   achievement, luck, consummation, prosperity, victory, good-fortune

   Antonyms:
   failure, defeat, disaster, ruin

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. successnoun

   an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

   "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs"

   Synonyms:
   winner, succeeder, achiever

   Antonyms:
   failure

2. successnoun

   an attainment that is successful

   "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"

   Synonyms:
   winner, succeeder, achiever

   Antonyms:
   failure

3. successnoun

   a state of prosperity or fame

   "he is enjoying great success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with success"

   Synonyms:
   winner, succeeder, achiever

   Antonyms:
   failure

4. achiever, winner, success, succeedernoun

   a person with a record of successes

   "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"

   Synonyms:
   winner, victor, succeeder, achiever

   Antonyms:
   failure

Matched Categories

1. • Attainment
   • Happening
   • Person
   • Prosperity

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1. achievement

   when you achieve something you succeed at your goal.

   you can't have success at anything without achieving it.

   Submitted by JP03 on November 6, 2014  

2. acing

   good luck in acing this exam and more

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. successnoun

   Synonyms:
   issue, result

2. successnoun

   Synonyms:
   prosperity, luck, good fortune, good luck, lucky hit, fortunate hit, prosperous issue

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1. successnoun

   Synonyms:
   prosperity, triumph, victory, good fortune

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1. List of paraphrases for "success":

   successful, successes, achievement, succeed, successfully, al-najah, achievements, edu, najah, succès, luck, nagah, victory, accomplishment, triumph, chengkung, progress, avail, pass

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How to use success in a sentence?

1. Rev. David W. Hall:

   I owe my success at Midway to the Guardian.

2. Ben Sweetland:

   Success is a journey, not a destination.

3. Aurora Berill:

   Be beyond average, dream beyond average, think beyond average and success will find you.

4. Lars Bach:

   It’s a challenge that the times have been moved, it just depends whether we should shift the training times or stay calm and continue how we are used to getting success.

5. Wales Prime Minister David Cameron:

   We're going to work very hard with the company to do everything we can, but it is a difficult situation, there can be no guarantees of success because of the problems that the steel industry faces worldwide, we're not ruling anything out, (but) I don't believe nationalization is the right answer.