v. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: FOLLOW 1, ensue, supervene
Antonyms: precede
2 to result favorably according to plans and desires FF1C; that advertising campaign really succeeded FF1E;
Synonyms: click, come off, go, go over, pan out, prove out
Related Words: catch on; prevail
Idioms: go over big, go over with a bang, hit the mark, make a hit, turn out well
Antonyms: fail, flop
3 to attain or be attaining a desired end FF1C; how to succeed in big business FF1E;
Synonyms: arrive, flourish, go, make out, prosper, score, thrive
Related Words: ||dow; get ahead; boom; achieve, attain, gain, reach; accomplish, effect, fulfill; conquer, prevail, triumph, win (out)
Idioms: do all right by oneself, do well, gain one's end, get places, get somewhere, get to the top of the ladder, make a success, make it (big), make one's mark, ||make the big time, make the grade
Contrasted Words: dwindle, languish; fall down, flounder, founder; lose (out); bust
Antonyms: fail