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succeed - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attain good outcome |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, avail, benefit, come off*, conquer, distance, earn, flourish, fulfill, gain, get, hit*, 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, be successful, carry off*, do all right, do the trick, get to the top, grow famous, make a fortune, make good, make it |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | succeed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come after; take the place of |
| Synonyms: | accede, assume, displace, ensue, enter upon, follow, inherit, replace, result, supersede, supplant, be subsequent, come into, come into possession, come next, follow after, follow in order, go next, postdate, supervene, take over |
| Antonyms: | precede |
| Main Entry: | attain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | acquire, arrive, bring off, come through, complete, cop*, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get*, grasp, hit, obtain, procure, promote, pull off*, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win, accede to, arrive at, get fat, get hands on, get there, glom onto, latch onto, make it |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, lose, miss, surrender, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bloom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flower; flourish |
| Synonyms: | blossom, blow, bud, burgeon, burst, develop, fructify, germinate, grow, open, prosper, sprout, succeed, thrive, wax, be in flower, bear fruit, effloresce, fare well, tassel out |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel, wither |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | come off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transpire |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, click, come about, develop, go, go off, go over, happen, occur, pan out, succeed, hap, prove out, take place |
| Antonyms: | not happen |
| Main Entry: | ensue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start to happen; come to pass |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, attend, befall, come up, derive, develop, emanate, eventuate, flow, follow, issue, occur, proceed, result, stem, succeed, turn out, turn up, be consequent on, be subsequent to, come after, come next, eventualize, supervene |
| Antonyms: | precede, antecede |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, survive |
| Synonyms: | contrive, cope, do, exist, fare, flourish, get along, get on, make out, muddle through*, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive, do well enough, make ends meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | inherit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain as possession from someone's death |
| Synonyms: | accede, acquire, come in for, derive, get, obtain, receive, succeed, be bequeathed, be granted, be left, come into, fall heir, take over |
| Main Entry: | prevail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
| Synonyms: | abound, beat, best, carry, command, conquer, domineer, gain, make out, master, obtain, overcome, overrule, predominate, prove, reign, succeed, take off, triumph, win, be common, be current, be prevalent, be usual, be victorious, be widespread, come out on top, exist generally, get there, go great guns, go places, hit pay dirt, luck out, make it, move out, preponderate |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender |
| 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: | replace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; put in place of |
| Synonyms: | alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, mend, oust, patch, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restore, retrieve, ring, shift, sub*, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, front for, give back, outplace, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, restitute, ring in, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, swap places, take out, take over, take over from |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | supersede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; override |
| Synonyms: | abandon, annul, desert, discard, displace, forsake, oust, overrule, reject, remove, replace, repudiate, succeed, supplant, supplement, suspend, usurp, outmode, outplace, set aside, take over |
| Antonyms: | accept, lower, submit |
| Main Entry: | supplant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace, replace |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, fill in, force, oust, overthrow, remove, ring, substitute, succeed, supersede, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp, cast out, force out, front for, outplace, ring in, sit in, stand in, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of |
| Main Entry: | thrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do well |
| Synonyms: | advance, arrive, batten, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, develop, flourish, get ahead*, get on*, grow, increase, mushroom*, progress, prosper, radiate, rise, score*, shine, succeed, wax, bear fruit, get fat, get places, get there, grow rich, make a go, shoot up, turn out well |
| Antonyms: | decline, fail, languish, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | work out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; satisfy |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, arrange, attain, bring off, clear, come out, complete, compromise, construct, contrive, develop, devise, elaborate, evolve, find out, finish, fix, form, formulate, go, handle, happen, manipulate, pan out*, plan, prosper, pull off*, put together, resolve, result, succeed, swing*, turn out, up, win, be effective, come to terms, figure out, get something done, go well, reach agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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