successes

NOUN

favorable outcome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment achievement advance benefit boom fame gain happiness profit progress prosperity realization triumph victory win

STRONG

arrival ascendancy attainment clover consummation eminence fortune fruition hit killing laugher maturation reward savvy sensation snap strike successfulness walkaway walkover

WEAK

bed of roses big hit do well easy street flying colors good luck good times grand slam gravy train happy days lap of luxury éclat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

defeat failure forfeit loss misfortune sadness sorrow unhappiness

STRONG

inferiority unfulfillment

Example Sentences

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It seems like it should be easy to test this hypothesis: Show that the African Four Successes followed the Three Secrets while the nonsuccesses did not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Successes have come from the people canvassing for local elections, protesting in front of city halls, and speaking up at public meetings.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2024

Successes are greeted with whoops, applause, and the sign of the horns.

From BBC • May 19, 2023

Successes have been rare for Buescher since that checkered but he took the pole at Dover – his first in more than 230 career Cup races and 74 Xfinity starts.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022

They are not of the finest but they met me with Humility & we had an excellent Meal, I regaled them with many Tales of our Successes.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson