SUCCESSFUL


Meaning of SUCCESSFUL in English

/ səkˈsesfl; NAmE / adjective

1.

successful (in sth / in doing sth) | successful (at sth / at doing sth) achieving your aims or what was intended :

They were successful in winning the contract.

I wasn't very successful at keeping the news secret.

We congratulated them on the successful completion of the project.

2.

having become popular and/or made a lot of money :

The play was very successful on Broadway.

a successful actor

The company has had another successful year.

OPP unsuccessful

►  suc·cess·ful·ly / -fəli; NAmE / adverb

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SYNONYMS

successful

profitable ♦ commercial ♦ lucrative ♦ economic

These words all describe sb/sth that is making or is likely to make money.

successful

making a lot of money, especially by being popular:

The play was very successful on Broadway.

The company has had another successful year.

profitable

making a profit:

a highly profitable business

commercial

[only before noun] making or intended to make a profit:

The movie was not a commercial success (= made no profit) .

lucrative

(of business or work) producing or paying a large amount of money; making a large profit:

They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets.

economic

(often used in negative sentences) (of a process, business or activity) producing enough profit to continue:

Small local shops stop being economic when a supermarket opens up nearby.

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS :

to be / remain successful / profitable / lucrative / economic

to prove / seem / make sth / keep sth successful / profitable / lucrative / economic

a successful / profitable / lucrative business

a successful / profitable / lucrative year

a(n) commercial / economic success

highly / particularly / very successful / profitable / lucrative

fairly / quite successful / profitable / lucrative

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.