successfuladjective
uk/səkˈses.fəl/us/səkˈses.fəl/B1 achieving the results wanted or hoped for:
a successful operation
My second attempt at making bread was a little more successful.
This year's harvest was one of the most successful since the record crop of 1985.
Opposite
unsuccessful
B2 having achieved a lot, become popular, and/or made a lot of money:
a successful career
She runs a very successful computer business.
He's the author of several hugely successful children's books (= books which have been bought by a lot of people).
The Birmingham Royal Ballet has had a highly successful season.
Opposite
unsuccessful
More examples
- You have to be tough to be successful in politics.
- During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.
- Well, who'd have thought Joey was going to become so successful?
- He was a successful businessman before becoming a writer.
- Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- roll
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
- up and down idiom
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successfully
adverb uk/səkˈses.fəl.i/us/səkˈses.fəl.i/
Examples
- She manages to successfully combine family life with a career.
- Experts successfully managed to disarm the bomb.
- What the book does convey very successfully is the horror of war.
- Fighter planes have successfully bombed the enemy's main armoury.
- Throughout her career she has very successfully manipulated the media.
B2
A number of patients have been successfully treated with the new drug.