Synonyms for success
səkˈsɛssuc·cess

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. Dave Del Dotto:

   No one ever excused his way to success.

2. Lindsay Walters:

   Once again this is a completely false story driven by people who want to distract from the success taking place in this administration, the President's pick for the Supreme Court (a decision that has generational impact) was confirmed today, we hosted multiple foreign leaders this week and the President took bold and decisive military action against Syria last night. The only thing we are shaking up is the way Washington operates as we push the President's aggressive agenda forward.

3. Paul Aubuchon:

   She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all.

4. Erma Bombeck:

   Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

5. Vaclav Havel:

   Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.