achievement

achievement

noun

Definition of ACHIEVEMENT

1

a successful result brought about by hard work <this improvement in your time for a 10K road race is quite an achievement!>

Synonyms achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph

Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization

Near Antonyms botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback

Antonyms nonachievement

2

the doing of an action <what you're asking is the achievement of a miracle>

Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance

Related Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)

Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance

3

the state of being actual or complete <you should be proud of the achievement of your goals>

Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization

Related Words success, triumph

Near Antonyms defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess

Antonyms naught (also nought), nonfulfillment