What does “successful” mean?
- 1
adjectiveachieving what you wanted or planned
The meeting was very successful.
- 2
adjectivehaving become rich, famous, or respected
He is a successful lawyer.
Successful at a glance
- Part of speech
- adjective
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /səkˈsɛsfəl/ · suk-SES-ful
How to use “successful” correctly
Spell it with double “c”, double “s”, and one “l”: s-u-c-c-e-s-s-f-u-l.
Common phrases with “successful”
- successful business
- highly successful
- successful in
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- unsuccessful
Word family
- success
- succeed
- successfully
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