succeed

Meanings

Verb

attain success or reach a desired goal
- "The enterprise succeeded"
- "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"
be the successor (of)
- "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
To follow something in sequence or time.
To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
To fall heir to; to inherit.
To go down or near (with to).
Misconstruction of secede.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”).

Synonyms

bring home the bacon, come after, come through, deliver the goods, do well, ensue, flourish, follow, follow on, prosper, succeed, take the place of, win

Antonyms

fail, fall on one's face, precede

Scrabble Score: 12

succeed is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
succeed is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
succeed is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

succeed is a valid Words With Friends word