Synonyms of achieves

achieves

verb

present tense third-person singular of achieve

1

as in attains

to obtain (as a goal) through effort

finally achieved stardom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attains
• wins
• gains
• makes
• obtains
• scores
• garners
• hits
• gets
• captures
• secures
• acquires
• lands
• realizes
• logs
• excels
• bags
• procures
• draws
• carries
• rings up
• clocks (up)
• notches (up)
• racks up
• chalks up
• equals
• meets
• approaches
• surpasses
• matches
• ties
• touches
• amounts (to)
• rivals
• tops
• outdoes
• measures up (to)
• beats

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• fails (at)
• loses
• falls short (of)

2

as in accomplishes

to carry through (as a process) to completion

finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accomplishes
• fulfills
• performs
• executes
• does
• makes
• implements
• negotiates
• commits
• prosecutes
• completes
• carries out
• realizes
• goes through
• perpetrates
• carries off
• attains
• follows through (with)
• finishes
• pulls off
• puts through
• brings off
• effectuates
• effects
• practices
• brings about
• engages (in)
• works (at)
• ends
• repeats
• compasses
• reenacts
• nails
• actualizes
• aces
• winds up
• reduplicates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• slurs
• slights
• skimps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of achieves

But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Dillon wanders through his shelves, scrutinizing works by Walter Benjamin, Joan Didion, or James Baldwin and seeing, at a granular level, how writing achieves such profound effects. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

By contrast, a human child typically begins to grasp language by their first birthday and achieves fluent mastery by hearing only 10 million to 30 million words. — Kelly Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

The under-$13 Serum+ Oil Body Wash collection from Dove, which achieves hydrated and glowing skin in just one shower. — Ellie Beeck, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

Toyota's 2027 Prius achieves a whopping 57 miles per gallon in the city and 56 miles per gallon on the highway. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Tests showed the bio-material achieves a compressive strength of 10 to 12 megapascals. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Making matters worse, the Optiq inherits the Equinox EV’s peculiar charging behavior, which limits you to 150 kW at a Level 3 DC fast charger, compared to the 250 kW or so that the Hyundai Ioniq 5 achieves. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026

Still, for every resourceful, imaginative low-budget success, there is a bungled movie that aspires, if not to quality, then at least to financial viability, but instead achieves legendary ineptitude. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026