succeed

Meaning

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

Concepts

succeed

prosper

achieve

accomplish

follow

win

inherit

manage

come after

be successful

attain

flourish

get

thrive

go well

successful

make it

come off

go over

reach

pass

come through

triumph

turn out well

come

replace

bear fruit

work

hit

score

substitute

complete

ensue

advance

deliver the goods

obtain

bring off

defeat

overcome

continue

carry on

end up

happen

arrive at

catch

encounter

find

run across

run up against

strike

supplant

take the place of

come out

pan out

progress

have one’s way

prevail

take over

supersede

be fruitful

produce the effect/s

bring home the bacon

do well

take

success

can

catch on

acquit

manage to

be able

arrive

come about

occur

stand in

abide

abide by

trail

travel

be effected

come to pass

develop

proceed

be complete

pull something off

fulfill

be a success

crack it

make good

make the grade

meet with success

be victorious

become a success

shine

take effect

be the heir

go

realise

realize

cut the mustard

fare

pan

govern

lead

be accomplished

represent

stand

stand out

stand up

have good luck

relieve

take another’s place

bring to pass

carry into effect

continue one’s father’s work

come off well

c-buda

reach the summit

sacrifice

give way to

gel

scoop

flour

victorious

conquer

able to

have a success

do

get ahead

go far

get in

go off

hit the jackpot

make out

pull off

collect

dun

exact

lay

accompany

attend

come forth

dog

entail

fall out

follow suit

keep

keep tabs on

keep track

postdate

result

tag along

take after

trace

travel along

watch

get on

have

advantage

benefit

exceed

profit

surmount

surpass

afford

consummate

assert

establish

prove

make name

turn out

overtake

beat

go smoothly

proceed with

acquire

get there

fulfil

become strong

victory

Hyphenated as

suc‧ceed

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 .