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Definition of Successful
1. Adjective. Having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome. "A successful business venture"
Also: Undefeated, Fortunate, Productive
Similar to: Boffo, Booming, Flourishing, Palmy, Prospering, Prosperous, Roaring, Thriving, In, Made, No-hit, Productive, Self-made, Sure-fire, Triple-crown, Triple-crown, Victorious, Winning
Derivative terms: Successfulness
Antonyms: Unsuccessful
Definition of Successful
1. a. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
Definition of Successful
1. Adjective. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Successful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Successful
Literary usage of Successful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Jenny H. Stickney (1898)
"A Successful VOYAGE. CHAPTER V. A Successful VOYAGE. SO many duties pressed upon
me, that my first thoughts on waking made me anxious. ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1895)
"This report was based upon the successful treatment of an adult apparently drowned
upon whom the ordinary methods of resuscitation had been employed without ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The teaching staff for 1916-17 includes 32 priests and 47 laymen. the chancellor
successful candidates for degrees. Since 1911 summer courses have been ..."
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