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Synonyms and Antonyms of succeed

1 to turn out as planned or desired
  • the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product
Synonyms of succeed

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, work out
Words Related to succeed

catch on

flourish, prosper, thrive

cook, percolate
Phrases Synonymous with succeed

bear fruit, catch fire, deliver the goods, do the trick, go like clockwork
Near Antonyms of succeed

languish

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crater, crumble, flame out

choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire

fall down, go under

implode, self-destruct
Antonyms of succeed

bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out
2 to reach a desired level of accomplishment
  • if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience
Synonyms of succeed

arrive, flourish, prosper, thrive
Words Related to succeed

prevail, triumph, win

excel
Phrases Synonymous with succeed

come into one's own, cut it, cut the mustard, get ahead, get somewhere, get there, hack it, hit it big, make good, make it, make one's mark, make the grade
Near Antonyms of succeed

flounder, struggle
Antonyms of succeed

fail
3 to come after in time
  • only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president
Synonyms of succeed

follow, postdate, supervene
Words Related to succeed

displace, replace, supersede, supplant

ensue
Antonyms of succeed

antedate, precede, predate

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