successful

suc·cess·ful

adj \-fəl\

Definition of SUCCESSFUL

1

: resulting or terminating in success <a successful attempt>

2

: gaining or having gained success <a successful investor>

— suc·cess·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— suc·cess·ful·ness noun

Examples of SUCCESSFUL

1. <the play had a successful run on Broadway>
2. <sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii>

First Known Use of SUCCESSFUL

1588

Related to SUCCESSFUL

Synonyms: flourishing, going, palmy, prosperous, thriving, triumphant, in clover (also in the clover)

Antonyms: failed, unsuccessful

Related Words: coming, promising; booming, growing, roaring, robust; boffo, gangbusters (also gangbuster), runaway, socko

Near Antonyms: futureless, hopeless, inauspicious, no-good, unpromising; collapsing, failing, flopping, flunking, folding, washing-out; declining, slipping, slumping, waning; bankrupt, kaput (also kaputt), kerflooey; destroyed, ruined, wrecked

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Rhymes with SUCCESSFUL

distressful