achiever

noun

achiev·​er ə-ˈchē-vər 

plural achievers

: someone who achieves success especially through effort : a successful person

Donovan's the best of the lot; typical first child, steady, responsible, the big achiever in the bunch.

—Sue Grafton

a high achiever [=a hard-working, successful person]

a low achiever [=a person who does not work hard and is not successful]

Examples of achiever in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

High achievers often have a perfectionist part that pushes them to work harder to avoid failure or rejection. —Jane Marie Chen, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

Before this high achiever entered La Mer’s roster of offerings, its lip category consisted only of The Lip Balm, The Lip Polish, and The Lip Volumizer — all geared towards nourishing, restoring, and, in case of the latter, treating pouts to buildable color. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025

But beyond pay, high achievers at the top are confronting the trade-offs of breaking the glass ceiling. —Renessa Boley Layne, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Growing up in Concord, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte, Jacob Palmer was a classic academic achiever. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing achiever

• high achiever
• low achiever

Rhymes for achiever

• believer
• deceiver
• perceiver
• receiver
• reliever
• retriever
• transceiver
• cleaver
• fever
• leaver
• weaver
• unbeliever