Thesaurus
achievement
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ACHIEVEMENT
1
a successful result brought about by hard work <this improvement in your time for a 10K road race is quite an achievement!>
Related Words blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner; conquest, gain, victory, win; skill; deed, feat, performance; arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization
Near Antonyms botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles; bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout; disappointment, letdown, loss, setback
Antonyms nonachievement
2
the doing of an action <what you're asking is the achievement of a miracle>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Related Words dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms nonfulfillment, nonperformance
3
the state of being actual or complete <you should be proud of the achievement of your goals>
Synonyms accomplishment, achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization
Antonyms naught (also nought), nonfulfillment
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