Synonyms of succeeded

succeeded

verb

past tense of succeed

1

as in went

to turn out as planned or desired

the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product

Synonyms & Similar Words

• went
• clicked
• delivered
• worked out
• flourished
• went over
• caught fire
• came off
• prospered
• bore fruit
• panned out
• delivered the goods
• thrived
• went like clockwork
• did the trick
• caught on
• cooked
• percolated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• missed
• collapsed
• folded
• struck out
• struggled
• foundered
• flopped
• washed out
• flunked
• bombed
• languished
• floundered
• declined
• slipped
• waned
• sank
• slumped
• skidded
• crumbled
• crashed
• choked
• cratered
• misfired
• miscarried
• fell down
• cracked up
• went under
• imploded
• flamed out
• self-destructed

2

as in flourished

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 & Similar Words

• flourished
• thrived
• prospered
• arrived
• excelled
• won
• made it
• got there
• got ahead
• made good
• made the grade
• cut it
• got somewhere
• prevailed
• hacked it
• triumphed
• hit it big
• cut the mustard
• made one's mark
• came into one's own

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• struggled
• floundered

3

as in followed

to come after in time

only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president

Synonyms & Similar Words

• followed
• replaced
• supervened
• superseded
• supplanted
• postdated
• ensued
• displaced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preceded
• antedated
• predated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of succeeded

Trump announced on Friday that Grenell will step down from his post and be succeeded by Matt Floca, who manages the Kennedy Center's facilities operations. —Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026

The growth of those local efforts, Gresko said, have succeeded in attracting private composting facilities and developing infrastructure needed for further expansion. —John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026

For example, gravitational waves that radiate away energy from binary neutron stars are a phenomenon of general relativity, which succeeded Newtonian gravity, and as such they are not considered by Newtonian physics. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2026

When Benjamin Churchill succeeded Lovely as superintendent at Carlsbad Unified in 2023, he was outnumbered seven to one by female superintendents. —Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

Trump announced on Friday that Grennell will step down from his post and be succeeded by Matt Floca, who manages the Kennedy Center’s facilities operations. —Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026

DiCaprio was the teen heartthrob who was determined to become a serious actor and succeeded. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026

To many Brazilians, these movies served as reminders of what could have been had former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, himself a retired Army captain and a dictatorship nostalgic, succeeded in his 2022 attempt at a coup d’etat. —Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026

Schorsch thinks that Fishback has succeeded, at least, in sucking up the oxygen in the campaign, if only in the manner of a car wreck. —Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026