Entry Word: accomplishment

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a successful result brought about by hard work <Jaredʼs biggest accomplishment this week was finishing his art project>

Synonyms achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph

Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; acquirement, skill; deed, feat, performance; completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment, implementation, realization

Phrases a feather in oneʼs cap

Near Antonyms botch, mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback

2 the doing of an action <your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated> — see commission 2
3 the state of being actual or complete <a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see> — see fruition