| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain good outcome |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, be successful, benefit, carry off, come off, conquer, distance, do all right, do the trick, earn, flourish, fulfill, gain, get, get to the top, grow famous, hit*, make a fortune, make good, make it, make out, obtain, outdistance, outwit, overcome, possess, prevail, profit, prosper, pull off, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, score, secure, surmount, thrive, triumph, turn out, vanquish, win, work, worst |
| Notes: | follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal |
Antonyms: |
fail |
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come after; take the place of |
Synonyms: |
accede, assume, be subsequent, come into, come into possession, come next, displace, ensue, enter upon, follow, follow after, follow in order, go next, inherit, postdate, replace, result, supersede, supervene, supplant, take over |
Antonyms: |
precede |
| 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: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win |
| Notes: | obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender |
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
Synonyms: |
be in flower, bear fruit, blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, effloresce, fare well, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, tassel out, thrive, wax |
Antonyms: |
shrink, shrivel, wither |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flourish |
Synonyms: |
batten, bloom, develop, grow, mature, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive |
Antonyms: |
deteriorate, die, fade, shrink |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prosper |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, flourish, flower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, rise in value, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive |
Antonyms: |
collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| 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: | bring off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
Synonyms: |
achieve, bring home the bacon, bring to pass, carry off, carry out, discharge, effect, effectuate, execute, perform, pull off, realize, succeed |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | click |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall into place |
Synonyms: |
be compatible, be on same wavelength, become clear, come off, feel a rapport, get on, go, go off well, go over, hit it off, make a hit, make sense, match, meet with approval, pan out, prove out, succeed, take to each other |