Entry Word: achieve

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to obtain (as a goal) through effort <finally achieved stardom>

Synonyms attain, hit, make, score, win

Related Words acquire, capture, carry, draw, garner, get, land, make, obtain, procure, realize, secure; amount (to), approach, equal, match, measure up (to), meet, rival, tie, touch; beat, excel, outdo, surpass, top

Near Antonyms fall short (of); fail (at); lose

2 to carry through (as a process) to completion <finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boysʼ choir made up of inner-city kids> — see perform 1