Synonyms of accomplishment

accomplishment

noun

ə-ˈkäm-plish-mənt 

1

as in success

a successful result brought about by hard work

our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover

Synonyms & Similar Words

• success
• achievement
• triumph
• attainment
• victory
• feat
• coup
• acquirement
• gain
• realization
• performance
• miracle
• baby
• a feather in one's cap
• skill
• win
• conquest
• completion
• winner
• hit
• deed
• execution
• fulfillment
• implementation
• culmination
• arrival
• blockbuster
• megahit
• fruition
• consummation
• jackpot
• smash

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failure
• mess
• disaster
• catastrophe
• nonachievement
• shambles
• muddle
• disappointment
• loss
• fiasco
• bust
• debacle
• setback
• washout
• flop
• botch
• letdown
• dud
• bummer
• cock-up
• fizzle

2

as in execution

the doing of an action

your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• execution
• fulfillment
• implementation
• achievement
• perpetration
• performance
• prosecution
• enactment
• discharge
• management
• pursuance
• application
• administration
• commission
• handling
• expedition
• direction
• practice
• operation
• dispatch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonperformance
• nonfulfillment

3

as in achievement

the state of being actual or complete

a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achievement
• realization
• success
• fulfillment
• attainment
• consummation
• triumph
• actualization
• fruition
• pass
• actuality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naught
• failure
• defeat
• nonfulfillment
• fizzle
• nonsuccess

4

as in education

a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• education
• civilization
• culture
• refinement
• cultivation
• knowledge
• literacy
• learning
• manners
• polish
• scholarship
• elegance
• erudition
• intellectuality
• sophistication
• couth
• intellectualism
• cosmopolitanism
• breeding
• civility
• grace
• taste
• urbanity
• politeness
• gentility
• class
• courtesy
• genteelness
• courteousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• barbarism
• ignorance
• illiteracy
• philistinism
• parochialism
• rusticity
• provincialism
• barbarianism
• vulgarity
• crudeness
• coarseness
• boorishness
• unsophistication
• churlishness
• clownishness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accomplishment

Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Eater, Chicago Magazine, and more, but her greatest accomplishment is that her son's favorite activity is visiting museums. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

Visitors can navigate interconnected pages detailing each journalist’s hopes, dreams, and accomplishments alongside testimonies delivered by their colleagues in Gaza. — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Ukraine's air and sea drones have succeeded in limiting the movements of Russia’s once-dominant Black Sea navy, Kyiv officials say, in one of the country’s biggest accomplishments of the war. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

His parents and relatives dote on him, while his parents brag about his accomplishments to their friends. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026