SUCCESSFUL
Dictionary entry overview: What does successful mean?
• SUCCESSFUL (adjective)
The adjective SUCCESSFUL has 1 sense:
1. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
Familiarity information: SUCCESSFUL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUCCESSFUL (adjective)
Meaning:
Having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
Context examples:
a successful architect / a successful business venture
Similar:
winning (bringing success)
victorious; winning (having won)
triple-crown (of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races)
triple-crown (unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in)
sure-fire (certain to be successful)
self-made (having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts)
productive (yielding positive results)
no-hit (of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits)
made (successful or assured of success)
in (holding office)
eminent (having achieved eminence)
booming; flourishing; palmy; prospering; prosperous; roaring; thriving (very lively and profitable)
boffo (resoundingly successful and popular)
Also:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)
undefeated (victorious)
Attribute:
success (a state of prosperity or fame)
Antonym:
unsuccessful (not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome)
