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ACHIEVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with a record of successes

Example:

if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success

Synonyms:

achiever; succeeder; success; winner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("achiever" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "achiever"):

first lady (the leading woman in an art or profession)

great (a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field)

highflier; highflyer (a person of great ability and ambition)

natural (someone regarded as certain to succeed)

sleeper (an unexpected achiever of success)

Antonym:

loser (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)

Derivation:

achieve (to gain with effort)

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