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attainment - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | attainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, accomplishment |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, arrival, completion, feat, finish, fulfillment, getting, procurement, reaching, realization, securing, winning, acquirement, gaining, obtaining, reaping, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | failure, forfeit, loss, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | accomplishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something successfully done, completed |
| Synonyms: | ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, capability, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph, bringing about, carrying out, effecting |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, frustration, nullification |
| Main Entry: | achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something completed successfully; goal reached |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, acquisition, act, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effort, enactment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory, acquirement, actualization, effectuation, encompassment |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | actuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that truly exists, is real |
| Synonyms: | achievement, attainment, brass tacks*, fact, real world*, reality, substance, truth, actualization, materiality, materialization, straight stuff, substantiality, what it is |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
| Synonyms: | actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, education, environment, framework, history, practice, preparation, qualification, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing, accomplishments, acquirement, deeds, grounding, rearing |
| Antonyms: | foreground |
| Main Entry: | completion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, finishing |
| Synonyms: | achievement, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtains*, dispatch, end, expiration, finish, fruition, fulfillment, integration, perfection, realization, swan song*, finalization, finis, hips, windup, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | anticlimax, imperfection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture |
| Main Entry: | feat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory |
| Notes: | a feat is a notable achievement or accomplishment while feet is plural for foot |
| Antonyms: | failure, idleness, inaction |
| Main Entry: | fruition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, maturation |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, attainment, completion, consummation, enjoyment, fulfillment, gratification, maturity, perfection, pleasure, realization, satisfaction, success, actualization, materialization, ripeness |
| Antonyms: | failure, unfulfillment |
| Main Entry: | fulfillment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, completion |
| Synonyms: | achievement, attainment, consummation, contentment, crowning, discharge, end, gratification, kick*, perfection, realization, carrying out, carrying through, contentedness, discharging, effecting, implementation, just the ticket, kicks observance*, you got it |
| Antonyms: | disappointment, dissatisfaction, failure, frustration, unfulfillment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy*, growth, headway*, hike*, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, velvet*, yield, upping |
| Antonyms: | expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, dexterity, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, acquirement, adeptness, deftness, expertism, expertness, mastership, virtuosity, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, lack, amateurishness |
| Main Entry: | success |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favorable outcome |
| Synonyms: | éclat, Easy Street*, accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, bed of roses*, benefit, boom*, consummation, eminence, fame, flying colors*, fortune, fruition, gain, good luck*, gravy train*, happiness, hit, killing, profit, progress, prosperity, realization, reward, savvy, sensation, snap, strike, triumph, victory, walkaway*, win, big hit, clover, do well, good times, grand slam, happy days, lap of luxury, laugher, maturation, successfulness, walkover |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tour de force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spectacular achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, attainment, conquest, deed, exploit, feat, magnum opus, master stroke, masterpiece, performance, piece de resistance, success, triumph, victory, chef-d'oeuvre, feat of strength, grand achievement, great achievement, masterwork, stroke of genius |
| Main Entry: | procurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtainment |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, appropriation, attainment, procuring, acquirement, acquirement |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
| Synonyms: | accretion, achievement, addition, attainment, buy, gain, learning, possession, prize, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, salvage, winning, acquirement, acquiring, gaining, obtainment, procuration, retrieval |
| Antonyms: | dearth, lack, loss, need, want |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; completion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, acquisition, attainment, cease, cessation, close, culmination, curtain*, curtains*, death, defeat, denouement, end, ending, finale, last, ruin, stop, termination, wrap, acquirement, annihilation, closing, desistance, end of the line, end of the road, finis, last stage, terminus, wind-up, winding-up, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | performance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment |
| Synonyms: | achievement, act, administration, attainment, completion, conduct, consummation, discharge, doing, enforcement, execution, exploit, feat, fruition, fulfillment, realization, work, carrying out, pursuance |
| Antonyms: | failure |
| Main Entry: | prowess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skill |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, attainment, command, dexterity, excellence, expertise, facility, genius, mastery, readiness, sleight, talent, adeptness, deftness, expertness |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness |
| Main Entry: | qualification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, aptitude |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adequacy, attainment, attribute, capability, capacity, competence, eligibility, endowment, experience, fitness, goods, might, quality, skill, stuff, suitability, makings, qualifiedness, suitableness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | disqualification, inability, lack, inaptitude |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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