Synonyms of triumphs

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noun

plural of triumph

1

as in successes

a successful result brought about by hard work

getting into Harvard is quite a triumph

Synonyms & Similar Words

• successes
• accomplishments
• achievements
• coups
• victories
• attainments
• acquirements
• feats
• gains
• conquests
• miracles
• babies
• wins
• feathers in one's cap
• skills
• hits
• winners
• blockbusters
• performances
• realizations
• deeds
• megahits
• jackpots
• culminations
• implementations
• executions
• arrivals
• fulfillments
• completions
• consummations
• fruitions
• smashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failures
• disasters
• messes
• shambles
• catastrophes
• disappointments
• setbacks
• debacles
• flops
• botches
• muddles
• fiascoes
• losses
• washouts
• duds
• busts
• cock-ups
• nonachievements
• bummers
• fizzles
• letdowns

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as in victories

an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent

our stunning triumph on the field won us the title of regional champs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• victories
• wins
• successes
• palms
• conquests
• captures
• sweeps
• subjugations
• blowouts
• landslides
• shutouts
• romps
• runaways
• takeovers
• laughers
• walkovers
• walkaways
• masteries
• squeakers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losses
• defeats
• trimmings
• beatings
• failures
• whippings
• routs
• disasters
• upsets
• overthrows
• drubbings
• flops
• debacles
• collapses
• lickings
• washouts
• setbacks
• declines
• shellackings
• slumps
• slips
• wanes
• fizzles
• lurches
• nonsuccesses

triumphs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of triumph

1

as in wins

to achieve victory (as in a contest)

despite an accident early on, the runner persevered and ultimately triumphed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wins
• prevails
• succeeds
• conquers
• overcomes
• kicks butt
• contends
• carries the day
• sweeps
• squeaks
• vies
• romps
• squeezes
• breezes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses
• fails
• struggles
• collapses
• folds
• flops
• declines
• washes out
• slips
• wanes
• flounders
• slumps

2

as in delights

to feel or express joy or triumph

the team triumphed by hoisting their coach into the air and carrying her off the field

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delights
• joys
• glories
• exults
• brags
• rejoices
• jubilates
• crows
• exuberates
• kvells
• gloats
• kicks up one's heels
• boasts
• swells
• preens
• flaunts
• parades
• shows off
• struts
• swaggers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regrets
• laments
• grieves
• weeps
• bewails
• bemoans

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of triumphs

Noun

The triumphs and tribulations that led to this point can be overridden with one swing. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

With exceptional performances from the entire cast and homages to musical legends like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, Bioh and White present a reflection of the Black female experience in all of its dazzling idiosyncrasies, triumphs and pains. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

The penchant to serve gently sour flavors side by side with triumphs of dairy and wheat, two foodstuffs that embody comfort and warmth? — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

If only the feminist painter, who died in 2023 at the age of 87, had lived to see the world catch up to her tender triumphs. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Hynde goes inside the music that took the world by storm and revisits the triumphs and tragedies that followed. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

The wars, weddings, births, massacres, famines, our triumphs, our defeats, our past. — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Years of practice, games, injuries, triumphs and defeats shape prospects for the ultimate goal — to play hockey professionally. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

The two other European Cup/Champions League triumphs in 1999 and 2008 are also high points in the club’s history, Solskjaer’s winner in 1999 the most dramatic of any final. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

Aureliano Buendía’s journey is not that of a hero who triumphs after overcoming obstacles, but that of a figure driven by inner will who is overcome by external coercion. — Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026