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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Successful \Suc*cess"ful\, adjective Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. --Shak.
Syn: Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See {Fortunate}. -- {Suc*cess"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Suc*cess"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
successful
adjective: having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" [ant: {unsuccessful}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "successful": affluent, ascendant, assured of success, bang, booming, celebrated, comfortable, comfortably situated, coming, conquering, crowned with success, defeating, dominant, easy, eminent, extraordinary, famed, famous, first, flourishing, flush, flushed with success, fortunate, fruitful, hit, in ascendancy, in clover, in good case, in luxury, in the ascendant, in the money, leading, loaded, lucky, lucrative, made, moneymaking, notable, noteworthy, on Easy Street, on the up-and-up, on top, on velvet, out in front, outstanding, overcoming, popular, prevailing, profitable, prominent, prospering, prosperous, remunerative, renowned, rich, smash, smashing, succeeding, surefire, thriving, top, triumphal, triumphant, vanquishing, victorious, wealthy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-known, well-to-do, winning, wow
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