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achieve - 20 thesaurus results
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, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through
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: accomplish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: succeed in doing
Synonyms: achieve, arrive, attain, bring about, bring off, carry out, conclude, consummate, do, effect, finish, fulfill, gain, hit*, manage, perform, produce, pull off*, rack up*, reach, realize, score*, win, do a bang-up job, do justice, do one proud, do the trick, get someplace, get there, make hay, make it, nail it, put it over, sew up, take care of
Antonyms: abandon, fail, nullify, relinquish, give up, not finish
Main Entry: acquire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obtain or receive
Synonyms: access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop*, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of
Antonyms: fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield
Main Entry: bring about
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause success
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, beget, bring to pass, compass, create, do, draw on, effect, engender, generate, manage, occasion, produce, realize, secure, succeed, effectuate, give rise to, make happen
Antonyms: halt, kill, stop
Main Entry: bring off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, bring home the bacon*, bring to pass, carry out, discharge, effect, execute, perform, pull off, realize, succeed, carry off, effectuate
Antonyms: fail, lose
Main Entry: carry out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complete activity
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize, carry through, effectuate
Antonyms: leave, stop, not finish
Main Entry: climax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come to top; culminate
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, orgasm, peak, please, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower, break the record, hit high spot, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo
Antonyms: delve, dip, drop, fall off
Main Entry: complement
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: complete
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, cap, clinch, conclude, consummate, crown, finish, fulfill, integrate, perfect, round off, top off
Antonyms: take away
Main Entry: complete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out action
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up
Antonyms: forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up
Main Entry: effect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out, accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield
Antonyms: fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook
Main Entry: fulfill
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to completion
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, answer, be just the ticket, carry out, comply with, conclude, conform, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, execute, fill, fill the bill, finish, hit the bull's-eye, implement, keep, make it, make the grade, meet, obey, observe, perfect, perform, please, realize, render, satisfy, score*, suffice, suit
Antonyms: fail, miss, neglect
Main Entry: gain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: acquire, win
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, advance, ameliorate, annex, attain, augment, benefit, boost, bring in, build up, capture, clear, collect, complete, consummate, earn, enlarge, enlist, expand, fulfill, gather, get, glean, grow, harvest, have, improve, increase, land, make, net, obtain, overtake, parlay, perfect, pick up, procure, produce, profit, progress, promote, rack up*, reach, realize, reap, score*, secure, succeed, make a killing, move forward, win over
Antonyms: exhaust, forfeit, lose, miss, pass, spend, waste
Main Entry: generate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: produce, create
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up*, work up, give birth to, give rise to
Antonyms: break, destroy
Main Entry: go far
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be successful
Synonyms: achieve, advance, get ahead, get on, progress, rise, succeed, do well, make a name, move up in the world
Antonyms: fail
Main Entry: implement
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start, put into action
Synonyms: achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable, enforce, execute, fulfill, invoke, materialize, perform, realize, resolve, make good, make possible, provide the means, put into effect
Antonyms: cancel, cease, delay, halt, hinder, pause, stop
Main Entry: obtain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get, acquire
Synonyms: access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up*, collect, come by, compass, cop*, corral, drum up*, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab*, occupy, pick up, pocket*, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win
Antonyms: forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice
Main Entry: pull off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, bring off, carry out, manage, score, secure, succeed, win, score a success
Antonyms: fail
Main Entry: purchase
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: buy, obtain
Synonyms: achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop*, earn, gain, invest, market, patronize, pick up, procure, realize, redeem, secure, shop, take, take up, truck*, win, deal in, get hold of, go shopping, make a buy, make a purchase, pay for, shop for
Antonyms: sell
Main Entry: regain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get back, get back to
Synonyms: achieve, attain, compass, gain, reach, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, repossess, retrieve, save, take back, get out from under, get well, make well, reach again, reacquire, reattain, retake, return to, win back
Antonyms: forfeit, lose
Main Entry: terminate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop, finish
Synonyms: abolish, abort, achieve, adjourn, annul, bounce, bound, cancel, cease, close, complete, conclude, confine, cut off, define, desist, determine, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, eliminate, end, expire, extinguish, fire, halt, issue, lapse, limit, perfect, recess, restrict, result, run out, sack, scratch, scrub*, tether, ultimate, wind up*, wrap*, wrap up*, bring to an end, come to an end, prorogate, prorogue, put an end to, wind down
Antonyms: begin, initiate, open, start
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