Etimology
success + -ful.
adjective
successful (comparative more successful, superlative most successful)
Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect
Examples
Synonyms: prosperous, fortunate, happy
a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
Related words
synonyms
efficacious, effective, fruitful, rewarding, accomplished, profitable
See also Thesaurus:prosperous
(of requests): tithe (obs.)
antonyms
unsuccessful
failed
related terms
success