success

suc·cess

noun \sək-ˈses\

Definition of SUCCESS

1

obsolete : outcome, result

2

a : degree or measure of succeeding b : favorable or desired outcome; also : the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence

3

: one that succeeds

Examples of SUCCESS

1. Success came easily to him.
2. She is country music's most recent success.
3. The growth of the tourism industry is one of the city's great successes.

Origin of SUCCESS

Latin successus, from succedere

First Known Use: 1537

Related to SUCCESS

Synonyms: blockbuster, megahit, smash, hit, supernova, winner

Antonyms: bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, debacle (also débâcle), dud, failure, fiasco, flop, misfire, turkey, washout

Related Words: blue chip, blue chipper, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, pip, prizewinner; gem, jewel, treasure; marvel, natural, phenomenon, sensation, wonder; coup, triumph, victory

Near Antonyms: disappointment, fizzle, lemon, loser

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Rhymes with SUCCESS

abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress