What are some opposite words for accomplish?

Antonyms for accomplish
əˈkɒm plɪʃac·com·plish

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term accomplish.

Wiktionary4.3 / 3 votes

  1. accomplishverb

    Synonyms:
    carry out, perfect, achieve, consummate, realize, effect, fulfill, do, effectuate, equip, furnish, complete, execute, perform

  2. accomplishverb

    To finish successfully.

    Synonyms:
    complete, equip, execute, consummate, perform, achieve, do, carry out, realize, perfect, fulfill, effectuate, furnish, effect

  3. accomplishverb

    To complete, as time or distance.

    Synonyms:
    equip, effectuate, realize, perfect, complete, execute, perform, effect, achieve, furnish, fulfill, do, consummate, carry out

  4. accomplishverb

    To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.

    Synonyms:
    realize, effect, complete, effectuate, execute, fulfill, perform, perfect, do, achieve, consummate, furnish, equip, carry out

  5. accomplishverb

    To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.

    Synonyms:
    perfect, do, fulfill, complete, consummate, achieve, execute, equip, effect, furnish, realize, effectuate, carry out, perform

  6. accomplishverb

    To gain; to obtain. - Shakespeare

    Synonyms:
    effectuate, realize, achieve, consummate, execute, fulfill, do, perform, equip, furnish, complete, carry out, effect, perfect

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. accomplish

    A person may obtain a situation by the intercession of friends, he procures a dinner by paying for it. Attain is a lofty word, pointing to some high or desirable result; a man attains the mountain summit, he attains honor or learning as the result of strenuous and earnest labor. Even that usage of attain which has been thought to refer to mere progress of time carries the thought of a result desired; as, to attain to old age; the man desires to live to a good old age; we should not speak of his attaining his dotage. One may attain an object that will prove not worth his labor, but what he achieves is in itself great and splendid; as, the Greeks at Marathon achieved a glorious victory. Compare DO; GET; REACH.

    Antonyms:
    abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, lose, miss

    Synonyms:
    achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, procure, reach, secure, win

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. accomplish

    Antonyms:
    fail of, frustrate, defeat, disconcert, destroy, baffle, mar, spoil

    Synonyms:
    execute, perfect, perform, fulfil, carry out, attain, realize, consummate, achieve, finish, complete

Princeton's WordNet4.6 / 23 votes

  1. carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfilverb

    put in effect

    "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

    Synonyms:
    follow out, carry out, fulfill, follow through, implement, litigate, execute, reach, put to death, fulfil, go through, meet, fill, follow up, process, satisfy, carry through, put through, action, run, pull through, attain, sue, achieve, do, bring through, perform, save, live up to

  2. achieve, accomplish, attain, reachverb

    to gain with effort

    "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

    Synonyms:
    touch, chance upon, give, progress to, carry through, hit, arrive at, pass on, fulfill, attain, chance on, reach, fulfil, fall upon, extend to, strike, get hold of, make, get to, gain, execute, action, get through, happen upon, achieve, strive, pass, carry out, come across, reach out, turn over, contact, strain, come upon, light upon, discover, hand

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. accomplishverb

    Synonyms:
    achieve, effectuate, execute, complete, effect

How to use accomplish in a sentence?

  1. Vincent Van Gogh:

    Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

  2. Iraqi Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool:

    We were able to focus on what our job was without distraction and I think that goes a long way in what we are trying to accomplish here.

  3. Vince Lombardi:

    If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

  4. Melvic Smith:

    You could accomplish some of the functionality by duct-taping an iPhone to your gun. However what we offer is the world's first truly embedded operating system.

  5. David B. Haight:

    Love is this divine ingredient. It alone describes what can be our perfect relationship to our Heavenly Father and our family and neighbors, and the means by which we accomplish His work.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#772mar
#2032miss
#2636fail
#3169lose
#6266destroy
#8135defeat
#8815accomplish
#14530abandon
#21436spoil
#29516forfeit
#41205baffle
#49040frustrate
#311709disconcert

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