- successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"
Antonyms: unsuccessful, attempted, defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted, done for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up, down-and-out, empty-handed, unrewarded, failed, failing, no-win, scoreless, goalless, hitless, self-defeating, unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised, unplaced, winless, out