Another word for success
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Noun
The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted
- The state or condition of being successful.
- The act of arriving.
- One that arrives or has arrived.
- The reaching of a goal or objective as a result of effort or a process:
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Another word for success
Noun
The fact of succeeding
Antonyms:The fact of having succeeded to a high degree
- A state of great comfort or luxury.
- An advantageous gain or return; benefit.
- Financial gain from a transaction or from a period of investment or business activity, usually calculated as income in excess of costs or as the final value of an asset in excess of its initial value.
- To make a gain or profit.
- Forward or onward movement, as toward a destination:
- Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal:
- A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through his or her realm.
- The act of attaining or the condition of being attained.
- Something, such as an accomplishment or achievement, that is attained.
- To cause to move forward:
- To put forward; propose or suggest:
- To aid the growth or progress of:
- A defeat of an enemy or opponent:
- A success in a struggle against difficulties or an obstacle:
- The state or fact of having defeated an opponent or of having achieved success:
- The condition of being prosperous.
- Something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage:
- Help; aid:
- A payment made by a government agency or insurance company to qualifying persons in time of need:
- To come into possession or use of; acquire:
- To attain in competition or struggle; win:
- To obtain through effort or merit; achieve:
- The process of achieving something:
- Something that has been achieved, especially by means of skill or perseverance:
- A phrase said to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement.
- Desirable or beneficial fortune.
- The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
- The turns of luck in the course of one's life.
- Success, especially when at least partially resulting from luck:
A successful person or thing
- Alternative form of world-beater.
- To break (something) into pieces suddenly, noisily, and violently; shatter.
- To render (something) into a mush or pulp, as by throwing or crushing:
- To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
- First-rate; excellent:
- A person of great importance or influence, especially a dignitary who commands special treatment.
- Alternative spelling of bell ringer.
- A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.
- (derogatory) A door-to-door salesman.
- A celestial body that generates light and other radiant energy and consists of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are balanced by the outward-directed gas and radiation pressures.
- Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light.
- Something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.
- An unspecified or unknown person; someone.
- A person of importance:
- A person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
- Having, involving, or demonstrating skill in or knowledge of a certain subject.
- The owner or keeper of an animal:
- The owner of a slave.
- One who has control over or ownership of something:
- The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
- One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
- Power assigned to another; authorization:
- One that leads or guides.
- One who is in charge or in command of others.
- One who heads a political party or organization.
- One who is widely known and of great popular interest.
- Fame or popular renown.
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