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View synonyms for successful

successful

[suhk-ses-fuhl]

adjective

  1. achieving or having achieved success.

  2. having attained wealth, position, honors, or the like.

  3. resulting in or attended with success.



successful

/ səkˈsɛsfʊl /

adjective

  1. having succeeded in one's endeavours

  2. marked by a favourable outcome

  3. having obtained fame, wealth, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • successfulness noun
  • successfully adverb
  • half-successful adjective
  • half-successfully adverb
  • half-successfulness noun
  • nonsuccessful adjective
  • nonsuccessfully adverb
  • presuccessful adjective
  • presuccessfully adverb
  • quasi-successful adjective
  • quasi-successfully adverb
  • semisuccessful adjective
  • semisuccessfully adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of successful1

First recorded in 1580–90; success + -ful
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Jonsson’s successful performance proves the audience is ready to see someone like him refuse to die so that the usual suspects can live.

From Salon

It is understood that the party has interviewed four candidates for the role and will announce who has been successful next week.

From BBC

New manager Martin Ho is a highly-regarded coach and had a successful time at former club Brann but he has his work cut out this season.

From BBC

The company was forced to produce a new assessment after a successful legal challenge by the environmental group Greenpeace.

From BBC

The right-back featured in every game in the successful Euro 2022 campaign - and again three years later as England retained their crown in Switzerland.

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When To Use

Spelling tips for successful

The word successful is hard to spell because it can be hard to know which letters are doubled. Both the c and the middle s are doubled, but the f and l are not. How to spell successful: To be a success, you need to see (two Cs) Some Smarts (two Ss). This reminds you that success is spelled with a double C in the middle and a double S at the end. To spell successful, you add the base word (success) to the suffix -ful.

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