SUCCEEDED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

succeeded

verb

past tense of succeed

as in went

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

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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

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as in followed

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

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Recent Examples of succeeded Khamenei was succeeded by his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, a little over a week later by the 88-member Assembly of Experts. —

Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 Morales will be succeeded by Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez, who will be sworn in on Tuesday morning. —

Peter D'oench, CBS News, 13 June 2026 Khamenei is succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began. —

ABC News, 13 June 2026 His 56-year-old son Mojtaba, who also lost his wife in the ‌airstrike and was himself injured, succeeded his father as Supreme Leader but has not been seen in public since the conflict broke out. —

Reuters, NBC news, 13 June 2026 Khamenei is succeeded as supreme leader by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began. —

Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026 Damiani has succeeded in reflecting the artistic genius of some of the world’s most famous masterpieces in a high jewelry collection. —

Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 11 June 2026 The Peruvian counterinsurgency succeeded due to a strategy that deliberately cut ties between the guerrillas and the drug traffickers. —

Michelle D. Paranzino, The Conversation, 11 June 2026 Guillaume Henry was creative director between 2009 and 2014, succeeded by co-creative directors Alexis Martial and Adrien Caillaudaud, who exited in 2016. —

Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 8 June 2026

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Arasheben went downtown, knocked on doors and found somebody to make it for $37,000.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Just one minute later, Heung-min ran through the Czechia back line and had another open look, but this shot went wide of the goal to the left.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 June 2026