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| Main Entry: | successful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | favorable, profitable |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, advantageous, auspicious, blooming, blossoming, champion, efficacious, extraordinary, flourishing, fortuitous, fortunate, fruitful, happy, lucky, lucrative, moneymaking, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prosperous, rewarding, rolling, strong, thriving, top, triumphant, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, wealthy, ahead of the game, at the top, at top of ladder, bestselling, booming, crowned, on track, out in front, paying |
| Antonyms: | losing, unfavorable, unprofitable, unsuccessful, forfeiting |
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| Main Entry: | effectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential; authoritative |
| Synonyms: | adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, effective, efficacious, efficient, forcible, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualified, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable, accomplishing, achieving, determinative, effecting, fulfilling, in force |
| Notes: | effective means 'having a (desired) result or effect,' effectual is 'succeeding in producing a desired result or effect,' and efficacious means the same as effectual as well as 'serving as an effective solution or remedy' |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak |
| Main Entry: | efficacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, productive |
| Synonyms: | active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, energetic, influential, operative, potent, powerful, serviceable, strong, successful, useful, virtuous, puissant |
| Antonyms: | incapable, inefficient, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, inefficacious |
| Main Entry: | flourishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prospering, going well |
| Synonyms: | blooming, exuberant, growing, lush, luxuriant, profuse, prosperous, rampant, rank, rich, robust, successful, thriving, vigorous, burgeoning, doing well, expanding, going strong, in full swing, in the pink, in top form, mushrooming, roaring |
| Antonyms: | failing, languishing, stunted, ceasing, decreasing, undeveloping |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, providential, sunny side |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fruitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, gainful, plentiful, profitable, profuse, prolific, rewarding, rich, successful, useful, worthwhile, childing, fructiferous, plenteous, proliferant, propagating, reproducing, spawning, well-spent |
| Antonyms: | barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fortunate, opportune |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, adventitious, auspicious, beneficial, benign, blessed, charmed, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, golden, happy, hopeful, hot*, on a roll*, promising, propitious, prosperous, successful, timely, well, all systems go, coming up roses, everything going, getting a break, hit it big, holding aces, in the groove, into something, on a streak, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich |
| Antonyms: | bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moneymaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | producing profit |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, gainful, good, lucrative, profitable, remunerative, successful, thriving, going, paying, well-paying |
| Antonyms: | unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | ongoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | continuous |
| Synonyms: | continuing, current, extant, growing, heading, marching, open-ended, successful, unfinished, advancing, developing, evolving, in process, in progress, progressing, unfolding |
| Antonyms: | infrequent, intermittent, stopping, incontinuous |
| Main Entry: | profitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous; money-making |
| Synonyms: | assisting, beneficial, commercial, conducive, cost-effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, good, in the black, instrumental, lucrative, practical, pragmatic, productive, remunerative, rewarding, serviceable, successful, sweet*, useful, valuable, worthwhile, contributive, going, paid off, paying, paying well, self-sustaining, sustaining, well-paying |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, unprofitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | well-to-do |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-off |
| Synonyms: | affluent, comfortable, flourishing, loaded, moneyed, prosperous, rich, snug, successful, wealthy, rolling in it, set for life |
| Main Entry: | conquering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | victorious |
| Synonyms: | dominating, successful, triumphant, winning |
| Main Entry: | unbeaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | undefeated |
| Synonyms: | successful, triumphant, unsurpassed, victorious, winning, unconquered |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leisurely, relaxed |
| Synonyms: | calm, carefree, comfortable, comfy, commodious, composed, content, contented, cozy, cushy, effortless, flowing, fluent, forthright, gentle, languid, light, mild, moderate, peaceful, pleasant, prosperous, quiet, running, satisfied, secure, serene, slow, smooth, snug, soft, spontaneous, substantial, successful, temperate, thriving, tranquil, undisturbed, unhurried, untroubled, well-to-do, at ease, cursive, easeful, in clover, undemanding, unexacting, unworried |
| Antonyms: | difficult, hard, oppressive, trying, uneasy, exhausting, unleisurely, unrelaxed |
| Main Entry: | golden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | auspicious, best, blissful, bright, brilliant, delightful, excellent, favorable, flourishing, glorious, happy, joyful, joyous, opportune, precious, promising, propitious, prosperous, resplendent, rich, rosy, shining, successful, valuable |
| Antonyms: | disadvantaged, ugly, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky |
| Synonyms: | accidental, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, casual, convenient, correct, effective, efficacious, enviable, favorable, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, incidental, just, meet, nice, opportune, promising, proper, propitious, right, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, suitable, timely, well-timed, providential |
| Antonyms: | forsaken, hopeless, troubled, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | prevalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governing, superior |
| Synonyms: | compelling, dominant, overbearing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevailing, regnant, ruling, sovereign, successful, ascendant |
| Antonyms: | inferior, subservient |
| Main Entry: | winning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | triumphant |
| Synonyms: | champion, conquering, leading, successful, victorious |
| Antonyms: | failing, losing, forfeiting |
| Main Entry: | blooming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thriving |
| Synonyms: | flourishing, growing, robust, successful, doing well, prospering |
| Antonyms: | fading, declining |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | success |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
crowned with success, effective, epinician, felicitous, flushed with success, in full swing, in the ascendant, prosperous, set up, succeeding, successful, triumphant, unbeaten, victorious, well
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