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| 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: | done |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accomplished, finished |
| Synonyms: | complete, completed, depleted, down, drained, effete, ended, executed, exhausted, fixed, fulfilled, over, perfected, realized, rendered, set, spent, through, wired, wrought, a wrap, all in, all over, brought about, brought to pass, buttoned up, compassed, concluded, consummated, effected, performed, succeeded, terminated, used up |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, undone, unfinished, unperfected |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve recognition |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, flourish, prosper, score, succeed, thrive, become famous, make good, make it, make the grade, reach the top |
| 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: | 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, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive, rise in value |
| 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, 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: | click |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall into place |
| Synonyms: | come off*, get on*, go, go over, hit it off*, match, pan out*, succeed, be compatible, be on same wavelength, become clear, feel a rapport, go off well, make a hit, make sense, meet with approval, prove out, take to each other |
* = 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 at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reach, attain |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, discover, find, grasp, succeed, touch, win, feel for |
| 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: | come through |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish goal |
| Synonyms: | achieve, carry out, chip in, contribute, kick in, pitch in, prevail, score, succeed, triumph, win, be successful, be victorious |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, overcome |
| Synonyms: | beat, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, control, cream*, crush, discomfit, drub, foil, frustrate, humble, lick, master, outwit, overpower, override, overthrow, prevail, quell, reduce, rout, shut down, subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, throw, thwart, total*, trash, triumph, vanquish, whip, worst, zap*, bring to knees, get the better of, overmaster, trample underfoot, wipe off map |
| Antonyms: | capitulate, fail, lose, retreat, succumb, surrender, yield, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conquer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; obtain |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, annex, best, master, occupy, overcome, overrun, prevail, seize, succeed, triumph |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | banish, can*, cashier*, cut out*, deport, depose, dethrone, discard, discharge, dismiss, exile, expatriate, fire, oust, relegate, remove, replace, sack*, succeed, supersede, supplant, transport, usurp, discrown, disenthrone, disthrone, step into shoes of, take over, take the place of, uncrown, unmake |
| Antonyms: | leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, arrange, be responsible for, bring about, cause, close, complete, conclude, cook*, create, determine, discharge, do one's thing, effect, end, engage in, execute, finish, fix, fulfill, get ready, get with it, go for it*, look after, make, make ready, move, operate, organize, perform, prepare, produce, pull off*, see to, succeed, take care of business, take on, transact, undertake, wind up*, work, wrap up* |
| Antonyms: | defer, destroy, fail, idle, lose, miss, neglect, pass, put off, undo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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