What are some opposite words for achieve?

Antonyms for achieve
əˈtʃivachieve

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

Wiktionary3.5 / 8 votes

  1. achieveverb

    Synonyms:
    execute, obtain, fulfil, effect, fulfill, realize, perform, complete, accomplish

  2. achieveverb

    To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.

    Synonyms:
    execute, fulfill, effect, complete, fulfil, obtain, accomplish, realize, perform

  3. achieveverb

    To carry out successfully; to accomplish.

    Synonyms:
    obtain, effect, fulfil, perform, fulfill, complete, realize, accomplish, execute

  4. achieveverb

    To conclude, finish, especially successfully.

    Synonyms:
    effect, fulfill, execute, realize, obtain, complete, perform, fulfil, accomplish

  5. achieveverb

    To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

    Synonyms:
    execute, fulfill, perform, fulfil, effect, obtain, realize, accomplish, complete

  6. achieveverb

    To conclude, to turn out.

    Synonyms:
    obtain, complete, execute, effect, perform, fulfill, realize, accomplish, fulfil

  7. achieveverb

    To obtain (a material thing).

    Synonyms:
    perform, execute, fulfil, complete, obtain, fulfill, accomplish, realize, effect

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 4 votes

  1. achieve

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. achieve

    Synonyms:
    accomplish, gain, perform, execute, effect, fulfil, finish, attain, win

Princeton's WordNet1.9 / 15 votes

  1. 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, strive, pass, carry out, come across, reach out, turn over, accomplish, contact, strain, come upon, light upon, discover, hand

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 2 votes

  1. achieveverb

    Synonyms:
    accomplish, effectuate, realize, effect, attain

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ACHIEVE

    Synonyms:
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How to use achieve in a sentence?

  1. Aurora Berill:

    Only a determined outlook on the future can help you to achieve it.

  2. L.F. Magister:

    Never expect to achieve tomorrow what you can get today. Different of the fruits that fall alone, the sky can never be achieved in the same way.

  3. Abdalla Hamdok:

    It’s easier said than done, but we will work on it and see what we can achieve.

  4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Philanthropy has the power to ensure all people have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential.

  5. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono:

    It's meaningless to have talks that don't achieve results.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2032miss
#2636fail
#2866achieve
#3169lose
#14530abandon
#29516forfeit

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