| Main Entry: | accomplish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed in doing |
Synonyms: |
achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, get someplace, get there, hit*, make hay, make it, manage, nail it, perform, produce, pull off, put it over, rack up, reach, realize, score*, sew up, take care of, win |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
Antonyms: |
abandon, fail, give up, not finish, nullify, relinquish |
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | actualize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make real |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, bring about, engineer, produce, realize |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve recognition |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, become famous, flourish, make good, make it, make the grade, prosper, reach the top, score, succeed, thrive |
| Main Entry: | bring about |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause success |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, give rise to, make happen, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed |
Antonyms: |
halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | carry out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete activity |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, carry through, consummate, discharge, effect, effectuate, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize |
Antonyms: |
leave, not finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to top; culminate |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, break the record, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower |
Antonyms: |
delve, dip, drop, fall off |
| Main Entry: | come at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reach, attain |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, discover, feel for, find, grasp, succeed, touch, win |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform an action |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, complete, contravene, do, effectuate, enact, execute, go for broke, go in for, go out for, offend, perpetrate, pull, pull off, scandalize, sin, transgress, trespass, violate, wreak |
Antonyms: |
cease, desist, end, idle, loaf, rest, stop, wait |