succeed

Meaning

1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.
2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
3. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
4. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
5. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
6. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
7. (intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
8. (dated, intransitive) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
9. (transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
10. (intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
11. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To fall heir to; to inherit.
12. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to).

Synonyms

prosper

achieve

accomplish

win

follow

inherit

come after

be successful

manage

attain

flourish

go well

thrive

get

successful

make it

go over

come off

pass

reach

triumph

😤

come through

turn out well

come

replace

work

bear fruit

overcome

carry on

score

ensue

bring off

obtain

deliver the goods

defeat

continue

advance

complete

substitute

hit

acquit

run across

run up against

catch on

catch

arrive at

end up

can

progress

encounter

Translations

réussir

riuscire

slagen

succedere

gelingen

lograr

klaarspelen

tener éxito

Erfolg haben

conseguir

doorkomen

conseguir

suceder

suceder

succéder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səkˈsiːd/

Etymology

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”).

Sentences

In high school she was voted Girl Most Likely to Succeed as an Actress .