successful

English

Etymology

From success +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

successful (comparative more successful, superlative most successful)

1. Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; prosperous; fortunate; happy

   a successful use of medicine

   a successful experiment

   a successful enterprise

   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     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: […] .

Synonyms

• efficacious, effective, fruitful, rewarding, accomplished, profitable

Antonyms

• unsuccessful
• failed

Related terms

• success
• successfully

Translations

resulting in success

• Bengali: সফল (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: úspěšný (cs)
• Dutch: succesvol (nl), geslaagd (nl), gelukt (nl)
• Esperanto: sukcesa (eo)
• Estonian: edukas (et)
• Finnish: onnistunut (fi), menestynyt (fi), menestyvä (fi)
• French: gagnant (fr), réussi,
• German: erfolgreich (de)
• Hebrew: מוצלח (he)
• Hindi: सफल (hi) (saphal)

• Italian: di successo, coronato dal successo, riuscito, efficace (effective)
• Japanese: 成功した (ja) (seikōshita)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vellykket (no)

  Nynorsk: vellukka (nn)

• Portuguese: bem-sucedido (pt)
• Sanskrit: सफल (sa) (saphala)
• Slovak: úspešný (sk) m
• Spanish: exitoso (es), triunfador (es)
• Swedish: lyckad, framgångsrik
• Turkish: muvaffaklar (tr) pl, muvaffak (tr)
• Urdu: سپھل (ur) (saphal)