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succeed

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of succeed

1 to turn out as planned or desired
  • the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product
Synonyms of succeed

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, work out
Words Related to succeed

catch on

flourish, prosper, thrive

cook, percolate
Phrases Synonymous with succeed

bear fruit, catch fire, deliver the goods, do the trick, go like clockwork
Near Antonyms of succeed

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 of succeed

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 of succeed

arrive, flourish, prosper, thrive
Words Related to succeed

prevail, triumph, win

excel
Phrases Synonymous with succeed

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 of succeed

flounder, struggle
Antonyms of succeed

fail
3 to come after in time
  • only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president
Synonyms of succeed

follow, postdate, supervene
Words Related to succeed

displace, replace, supersede, supplant

ensue
Antonyms of succeed

antedate, precede, predate

Synonym Discussion of succeed

follow, succeed, ensue, supervene mean to come after something or someone. follow may apply to a coming after in time, position, or logical sequence.
    • speeches followed the dinner
succeed implies a coming after immediately in a sequence determined by natural order, inheritance, election, or laws of rank.
    • she succeeded her father as head of the business
ensue commonly suggests a logical consequence or naturally expected development.
    • after the talk a general discussion ensued
supervene suggests the following or beginning of something unforeseen or unpredictable.
    • unable to continue because of supervening circumstances

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