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successfulness

successfulness

3.8
The state of having done well and reached goals
  • noun
  • /səkˈsɛsfəlnəs/
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  • The team's successfulness at winning the championship motivated them to train even harder next season.

Examples

  • Her successfulness in business resulted in a considerable expansion of the company.

  • With harried significant natural, take a look at successfulness.

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  • He attributed his successfulness to hard work and a positive mindset.

Synonyms

success
vssuccessfulness
1.0

Getting what you want after working hard

focuses on the ongoing state or quality after achieving good fortune

Antonyms

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

How Successful

huge success
26 2.0
successfulness
3.8
unsuccessful
76 2.9
failure
557 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

successfulness = successful (transparent) = success + ful + ness

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'successful', yielding the state of being successful.

Etymology

The word successfulness starts with success, the same root as succeed, from an old Latin word meaning 'to come after' or 'turn out well'. The endings -ful ('full of') and -ness ('a state') make it 'the state of having good results', which is why successfulness means having success or prosperity.