Meanings
comparative more successful · superlative most successful
- Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise
3 more examples
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal CombustionThe dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…]"share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27“Operation Warp Speed” was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, in fact, many say, one of the most successful things ever done by an American President.
2026 July 29, Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026Synonyms: efficacious, effective, fruitful, rewarding, accomplished, profitable, hot, bustling · Antonyms: unsuccessful, failed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek οὔριος
- οὔριος (oúrios)resulting in success
Arabic نَاجِح, فَائِز
- نَاجِح (nājiḥ)resulting in success
- فَائِز (fāʔiz)resulting in success
- مُوَفَّق (muwaffaq)resulting in success
Basque arrakastatsu
- arrakastatsuresulting in success
Bengali সফল, কামিয়াব
- সফল (śophol)resulting in success
- কামিয়াব (kamiẏab)resulting in success
Bulgarian успе́шен
- успе́шен (uspéšen)resulting in success
Catalan reeixit
- reeixitresulting in success
Chinese Cantonese 成功嘅
- 成功嘅 (sing⁴ gong¹ ge³)resulting in success
Chinese Mandarin 有成效的, 完滿 /完满
- 有成效的 (yǒu chéngxiào de)resulting in success
- 完滿 /完满 (wánmǎn)resulting in success
- 成功的 (chénggōng de)resulting in success
Czech úspěšný
- úspěšnýresulting in success
Danish succesfuld, succesrig
- succesfuldresulting in success
- succesrigresulting in success
Dutch succesvol, geslaagd
- succesvolresulting in success
- geslaagdresulting in success
- geluktresulting in success
Esperanto sukcesa
- sukcesaresulting in success
Estonian edukas, õnnestunud
- edukasresulting in success
- õnnestunudresulting in success
Finnish onnistunut, menestynyt
- onnistunutresulting in success
- menestynytresulting in success
- menestyväresulting in success
French ayant du succès, marqué de succès
- ayant du succèsresulting in success
- marqué de succèsresulting in success
- couronné de succèsresulting in success
German erfolgreich
- erfolgreichresulting in success
Greek επιτυχημένος, επιτυχών
- επιτυχημένος (epitychiménos)resulting in success
- επιτυχών (epitychón)resulting in success
Hebrew מוצלח
- מוצלח (mutzlákh)resulting in success
Hindi सफल, सुफल
- सफल (saphal)resulting in success
- सुफल (suphal)resulting in success
Hungarian sikeres, eredményes
- sikeresresulting in success
- eredményesresulting in success
Indonesian berhasil, sukses
- berhasilresulting in success
- suksesresulting in success
Irish áitheasach
- áitheasachresulting in success
Italian di successo, coronato dal successo
- di successoresulting in success
- coronato dal successoresulting in success
- riuscitoresulting in success
Japanese 成功した
- 成功した (seikō shita)resulting in success
Korean 성공적, 성공(成功)한
- 성공적 (seonggongjeok)resulting in success
- 성공(成功)한 (seonggonghan)resulting in success
Latin prosper, prosperus
- prosperresulting in success
- prosperusresulting in success
Lithuanian sėkmingas
- sėkmingasresulting in success
Malay berjaya
- berjayaresulting in success
Māori momoho, angitu
- momohoresulting in success
- angituresulting in success
Norwegian Bokmål vellykket
- vellykketresulting in success
Persian موفق, کامگار
- موفق (movaffaq)resulting in success
- کامگار (kâmgâr)resulting in success
Polish udany
- udanyresulting in success
Portuguese bem-sucedido, conseguido
- bem-sucedidoresulting in success
- conseguidoresulting in success
- prósperoresulting in success
Romanian reușit, izbutit
- reușitresulting in success
- izbutitresulting in success
- plin de succesresulting in success
Russian успе́шный, благополу́чный
- успе́шный (uspéšnyj)resulting in success
- благополу́чный (blagopolúčnyj)resulting in success
- уда́чный (udáčnyj)resulting in success
Slovak úspešný
- úspešnýresulting in success
Spanish exitoso, logrado
- exitosoresulting in success
- logradoresulting in success
- afortunadoresulting in success
- de éxitoresulting in success
Swedish lyckad, framgångsrik
- lyckadresulting in success
- framgångsrikresulting in success
Turkish muvaffak, başarılı
- muvaffakresulting in success
- başarılıresulting in success
Ukrainian успі́шний, вда́тний
- успі́шний (uspíšnyj)resulting in success
- вда́тний (vdátnyj)resulting in success
Urdu سپھل
- سپھل (saphal)resulting in success
Vietnamese thành công
- thành côngresulting in success
Yiddish הצלחהדיק
- הצלחהדיק (hatslokhedik)resulting in success
Cite this entry
successful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successful
“successful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “successful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/successful.
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