Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "success" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fail failure failure

Typical Location

awards ceremony business doing what good at michigan new job various situations vocation working hard yourself

Capable Of

begins in failure bring joy turn on unexpected events

Causes Desire

celebrate have party hear crowd go mad reproduce

Defined As

sum of detail

Derived Terms

critical success factor customer success customer success manager don't mess with success first success distribution nothing succeeds like success roaring success success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone success has many fathers, failure is an orphan success is a great deodorant success message success metric success story successful successfully successism sweet smell of success victim of one's own success

Distinct From

failure

Context

business

Prerequisites

effort extra effort

Has Property

in eyes of beholder

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor attainment doer happening natural event occurrence occurrent prosperity successfulness worker

Type Of (IsA)

acomplished attainment happening performing prosperity

Receives Action

measured in many different ways perceived by each individual's standards

Related Terms

accomplishment achievement aim arkansas canada completion consequence fame financial glory goal outcome profitability respect result saskatchewan satisfied satisfied completion secret triumph wealth win winning

Synonym Network

achiever

Used For

acquire more challenging work encourage others feeling feeling good about yourself few who try further career help personal satisfaction recognizing winner reward self motivation sharing standard winning

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.