successful
[adjective]
Synonyms: thriving, booming, flourishing, fortunate, fruitful, lucky, profitable, prosperous, rewarding, top, victorious

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Antonyms: successless, unsuccessful
Contrasted words: failing, thriveless, unprosperous, defeated, disappointed, failed, frustrated, bankrupt, broken, destroyed, ruined
Related Idioms: crowned (or blessed or flushed) with success, out front
Related Words: extraordinary, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, smash, smashing

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English Thesaurus: successful, effective, victorious, promising, thriving, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

suc‧cess‧ful S2 W1 /səkˈsesfəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: success, succession, successor; adjective: successful ≠ unsuccessful, successive; verb: succeed; adverb: successfully ≠ unsuccessfully]

1. achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended:
The operation was successful.
a highly successful (=very successful) meeting
successful in (doing) something
Were you successful in persuading him to change his mind?

2. a successful business, film, product etc makes a lot of money:
The show’s had a pretty successful run.
a highly successful (=very successful) product

3. a successful person earns a lot of money or is very well known and respected:
Arthur was a highly successful (=very successful) businessman.
successful in
He later became successful in politics.
successful as
I think she’ll be successful as a photographer.
—successfully adverb:
He successfully completed a master’s degree.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

successful
adj.
VERBS be, prove, seem | become
ADV. astonishingly, enormously, extremely, highly, hugely, outstandingly, particularly, phenomenally, remarkably, spectacularly, very his phenomenally successful period as manager
not entirely Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
fairly, moderately, partially, quite, rather, relatively The operation was only partially successful.
academically, commercially, politically a politically successful manoeuvre
PREP. at Though a top-rated movie star he has been remarkably successful at keeping his private life private.
in hoping their party would be successful in the elections

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

successful achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended:
He applied for a visa three times and in the end he was successful.
The treatment was successful.
It was a highly successful campaign.
effective having the effect or result that was wanted - used especially about treatments, drugs, or methods:
The drug is effective against a range of diseases.
We still haven't found an effective way to solve the problem.
victorious successful as a result of winning in a game, election, war etc:
the captain of the victorious team
She emerged victorious in the second round of voting.
promising likely to be very successful in the future, used especially about someone who is good at a job, sport, art etc:
a promising young athlete
He gave up a promising career in banking.
thriving very successful – used about a company, industry, or organization that is doing well at a particular time:
The area has a thriving tourist industry.
The school is thriving academically.
booming extremely successful – used about an economy, or when business or trade is increasing:
the booming economy in China
Business is booming.

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