accomplishment | Definition of accomplishment

1 a successful result brought about by hard work

our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover

Synonyms of accomplishment

achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph

Words Related to accomplishment

blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner

conquest, gain, victory, win

skill

deed, feat, performance

arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization

Phrases Synonymous with accomplishment

a feather in one's cap

Near Antonyms of accomplishment

botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles

bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout

disappointment, letdown, loss, setback

Antonyms of accomplishment

nonachievement

2 the doing of an action

your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated

Synonyms of accomplishment

achievement, commission, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance

Words Related to accomplishment

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)

Antonyms of accomplishment

nonfulfillment, nonperformance

3 the state of being actual or complete

a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

Synonyms of accomplishment

achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization

Words Related to accomplishment

success, triumph

Near Antonyms of accomplishment

defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess

Antonyms of accomplishment

naught (also nought), nonfulfillment

4 a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit

Synonyms of accomplishment

civilization, couth, cultivation, culture, polish, refinement

Words Related to accomplishment

education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship

cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity

breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners

class, elegance, grace, taste

civility, courteousness, courtesy, politeness

Near Antonyms of accomplishment

ignorance, illiteracy

parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication

boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity

Antonyms of accomplishment

barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism

Synonyms and Antonyms of accomplishment

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