Synonyms for success
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhk-ses |
| Phonetic Transcription : səkˈsɛs |
Top 10 synonyms for success Other synonyms for the word success
- arrival
- ascendancy
- attainment
- bed of roses
- big hit
- clover
- consummation
- do well
- easy street
- éclat
- eminence
- flying colors
- fortune
- fruition
- good luck
- good times
- grand slam
- gravy train
- happy days
- hit
- killing
- lap of luxury
- laugher
- maturation
- prosperity
- realization
- reward
- savvy
- sensation
- snap
- strike
- successfulness
- triumph
- victory
- walkaway
- walkover
- win
Définition of success
Origin :- 1530s, "result, outcome," from Latin successus "an advance, succession, happy outcome," from succedere "come after" (see succeed). Meaning "accomplishment of desired end" (good success) first recorded 1580s.
- The moral flabbiness born of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That -- with the squalid interpretation put on the word success -- is our national disease. [William James to H.G. Wells, Sept. 11, 1906]
- Success story is attested from 1925. Among the French phrases used in English late 19c. were succès d'estime "cordial reception given to a literary work out of respect rather than admiration" and succès de scandale "success (especially of a work of art) dependent upon its scandalous character."
- noun favorable outcome
- I ventured to predict that success awaited him in the rubber business.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- That one example, moreover, has been a success as unqualified as undeniable.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- They tried it out at home and when it proved a success, they carried it abroad.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- She was properly presented; but as yet she has had no success at all.'
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- "Frankly, your success is by no means complete," replied she.
- Extract from : « The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Thus was the work begun by Wilberforce finally crowned with success.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- To make sure of success and the size of his stakes he was willing to invest heavily.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Yet the effort she made, and with success, to restrain the show of her anger, was far from slight.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- There shall be no success to the man who is not willing to begin small.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for success
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