'Successful' definitions:
Definition of 'successful'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" [ant: unsuccessful]
Definition of 'Successful'
From: GCIDE
- Successful \Suc*cess"ful\, a. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. [1913 Webster]
- Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate. [1913 Webster] -- {Suc*cess"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cess"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'successful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluent,
- ascendant,
- assured of success,
- bang,
- booming,
- celebrated,
- comfortable,
- comfortably situated,
- coming,
- conquering,
- crowned with success,
- defeating,
- dominant,
- easy,
- eminent,
- extraordinary,
- famed,
- famous,
- first,
- flourishing,
- flush,
- flushed with success,
- fortunate,
- fruitful,
- hit,
- in ascendancy,
- in clover,
- in good case,
- in luxury,
- in the ascendant,
- in the money,
- leading,
- loaded,
- lucky,
- lucrative,
- made,
- moneymaking,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- on Easy Street,
- on the up-and-up,
- on top,
- on velvet,
- out in front,
- outstanding,
- overcoming,
- popular,
- prevailing,
- profitable,
- prominent,
- prospering,
- prosperous,
- remunerative,
- renowned,
- rich,
- smash,
- smashing,
- succeeding,
- surefire,
- thriving,
- top,
- triumphal,
- triumphant,
- vanquishing,
- victorious,
- wealthy,
- well-fixed,
- well-heeled,
- well-known,
- well-to-do,
- winning,
- wow
Words containing 'Successful'
- Success,
- Successfully,
- Successfulness,
- Succession,
- Successive,
- Successively,
- Successiveness,
- in succession,
- Apostolical succession,
- Lake Success,
- Singular succession,
- Success, AR,
- Succession duty,
- Succession of crops,
- Successive induction,
- Vacant succession,
- chronological succession,
- ecological succession,
- line of succession,
- Lake Success, NY,
- war of the austrian succession,
- war of the spanish succession