success

Achieving what you wanted or planned to achieve.

• Hard work brought success.
• We wished her success in her new job.
• They had no success with the repairs.

How to use it: success in doing something (She had success in finding a buyer.); success with something (We had little success with this method.)

Similar words: achievement

Opposites: failure

Common phrases: great success, success in something, achieve success, complete success

A person or thing that achieves good results or becomes popular.

• The party was a success.
• Her first book became a huge success.
• They hoped their son would be a success.

Similar words: hit

Opposites: failure

Common phrases: a great success, a huge success, become a success