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successful Definition

suc·cess·ful (-fəl)

adjective

  1. coming about, taking place, or turning out to be as was hoped for a successful mission
  2. having achieved success; specif., having gained wealth, fame, etc.

successful Related Forms
suc·cess′·fully adverb suc·cess′·ful·ness noun
successful Synonyms

successful

modif.

prosperous, fortunate, lucky, victorious, triumphant, auspicious, happy, unbeaten, favorable, fortuitous, strong, propitious, advantageous, encouraging, contented, satisfied, thriving, flourishing, wealthy, up in the world*, ahead of the game*, at the top of the ladder*, in luxury*, out in front*, on the track*, over the hump*, sitting in the catbird seat*, in front of the parade*.

Antonyms unsuccessful*, poor, failing.

successful Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • hugely: Recently, The Sun hosted a hugely successful charity day for World AIDS Day.
  • highly: He has recently had a highly successful one-man show at the Adam Gallery in Bath.
  • extremely: Learning points AMP has been an extremely successful project for Impact Arts for a number of reasons.
  • commercially: Together, these colonists would build one of the most commercially successful realms in the British Empire.
  • very: The shipping registry has been very successful for larger vessels.
  • partially: Tho partially successful he could not find the egg to open the N door.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: Once they've complete their individual optimized learning path, students will: Know what makes presentations successful.

Modifies a noun

  • completion: The key to successful work completion is; team work!
  • candidate: The successful candidates will be located in their London office.
  • applicant: Most of our successful applicants have above average grades.
  • bid: Mr Hudson led the Council's successful bid to obtain Unitary status.
  • career: Through the training and opportunities we provide, you can expect to enjoy a long and successful career with us.
  • implementation: Get inspired from successful implementation of ICT in the classroom to improve the quality of learning!

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: Place adverts in shop windows and local papers, consider a leaflet drop which is proving very successful at the moment.
  • become: AT Kearney helped the chicken change to become more successful.
  • deem: However, even when some interventions have been deemed successful, it is difficult to export these experiences to different context and situations.
  • appear: However, while the Company appeared successful its ongoing evaluation of these risks was limited.

Preposition: in

  • bid: Collection of the larger items will have to be arranged by whoever is successful in the bid.
  • ballot: Imagine our delight when we were successful in the ballot to play the Old Course again the next day.
  • respect: A pilot scheme, although successful in many respects was deeply problematic and was eventually abandoned in 1993.
successful Quotes

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful isgood. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.

—Eco, Umberto

   Horrible as successful artists often are, there is nothing crueller or more vain than a failed artist.

—Jong, Erica ne¤  e Mann

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.

—Johnson, Lyndon B(aines) also called LBJ

   It is admitted that a novel can hardly be made interesting or successful without love† It is necessary because the passion is one which interests or has interested all. Everyone feels it, has felt it, or expects to feel it.

—Trollope, Anthony

   But treason is not owned when 'tis descried; Successful crimes alone are justified.

—Dryden,John

To be successful in business, you should produce something cheap, habit-forming, and consumed by use.

—Gillette, King Camp

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

—Hitchcock, SirAlfred Joseph

To be a successful father, there's oneabsoluterule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

—Hemingway, Ernest Millar

   Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we aretooluckyor toosuccessfulor toopretty, ourmisery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

—Jong, Erica ne¤  e Mann