succeed

succeed

verb

Definition of SUCCEED

1

to turn out as planned or desired <the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product>

Synonyms click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, work out

Related Words catch on; flourish, prosper, thrive; cook, percolate

Phrases bear fruit, catch fire, deliver the goods, do the trick, go like clockwork

Near Antonyms languish; flounder, struggle; decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane; crash, crater, crumble, flame out; choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire; fall down, go under; implode, self-destruct

Antonyms bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

2

to reach a desired level of accomplishment <if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience>

Synonyms arrive, flourish, prosper, thrive

Related Words prevail, triumph, win; excel

Phrases come into one's own, cut it, cut the mustard, get ahead, get somewhere, get there, hack it, hit it big, make good, make it, make one's mark, make the grade

Near Antonyms flounder, struggle

Antonyms fail

3

to come after in time <only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president>

Synonyms postdate, succeed, supervene

Related Words displace, replace, supersede, supplant; ensue

Antonyms antedate, precede, predate