attainment | Definition of attainment

Synonyms and Antonyms of attainment

1 a successful result brought about by hard work

first place in the state journalism competition is quite an attainment

Synonyms of attainment

accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, baby, coup, success, triumph

Words Related to attainment

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

conquest, gain, victory, win

deed, feat, performance

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

Phrases Synonymous with attainment

a feather in one's cap

Near Antonyms of attainment

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 attainment

2 the state of being actual or complete

the attainment of man's age-old dream of flying was at last realized in 1903 by Orville and Wilbur Wright

Synonyms of attainment

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

Words Related to attainment

success, triumph

Near Antonyms of attainment

defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess

Antonyms of attainment

naught (also nought), nonfulfillment