Synonyms of succeeds

succeeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of succeed

1

as in goes

to turn out as planned or desired

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• goes
• clicks
• delivers
• works out
• bears fruit
• goes over
• comes off
• delivers the goods
• catches fire
• flourishes
• pans out
• does the trick
• prospers
• thrives
• goes like clockwork
• catches on
• percolates
• cooks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• misses
• collapses
• founders
• bombs
• flunks
• strikes out
• languishes
• folds
• flops
• struggles
• washes out
• flounders
• wanes
• declines
• slips
• sinks
• crumbles
• slumps
• crashes
• skids
• chokes
• miscarries
• misfires
• falls down
• implodes
• goes under
• cracks up
• flames out
• craters
• self-destructs

2

as in thrives

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

• thrives
• arrives
• flourishes
• prospers
• excels
• wins
• makes it
• gets ahead
• cuts it
• gets there
• prevails
• gets somewhere
• makes the grade
• makes good
• hacks it
• hits it big
• cuts the mustard
• triumphs
• makes one's mark
• comes into one's own

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• struggles
• flounders

3

as in follows

to come after in time

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• follows
• replaces
• supersedes
• supervenes
• supplants
• postdates
• ensues
• displaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• precedes
• predates
• antedates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of succeeds

Grossman succeeds in interrogating the very gaze his film is built upon, yet never fully escapes it, leaving the documentary caught between critique and complicity. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026

Senior Sydney Benedict succeeds graduated ace Ava Drehs. —Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026

As with the hotel’s design, the staff succeeds in paying attention to the details. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026

There may be moments when the formula succeeds, just as there are moments during a church service where something true and bright can come of the prescribed practice. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026

If Central Command succeeds in setting the conditions for tanker traffic to resume—and potentially, for the United States to cut off the regime’s financial lifeblood on Kharg—the stage would be set for history-changing events to follow. —Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026

But industrial policy succeeds only if the systems through which public investment flows allocate capital efficiently. —Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026

Calculating hundreds of trillions of digits creates massive temporary files, meaning the speed of the storage system can determine whether the calculation succeeds or slows to a crawl. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026

If Zimbabwe’s new processing push succeeds, the country could transform itself from a raw-materials exporter into a key node in the battery supply chain. —Ray Mwayera, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026