achieving
Attaining your aims
Achieving is the process of reaching or accomplishing something through effort.
The word emphasizes ongoing action toward a goal: She's achieving her dreams one step at a time.
It often appears in progressive constructions to highlight continued progress rather than completion: The company is finally achieving profitability.
Successful reaching of goal
- completionAct of finishing
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- executionCompleting a planned task
fulfillment · success · breakthrough · progress · advancement · milestone · triumph · victory
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
commitment · persistence · grit · tenacity · discipline · focus · drive · motivation
State of fulfilled desires
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- flourishingProspering vigorously
well-being · wholeness · enrichment · purpose · meaning · pride · joy · happiness
Completing academic requirements formally
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- watershedDrainage area boundary
promotion · certification · qualification · debut · launch · completion · threshold · checkpoint
attainment
Successful reaching of goal
- completionAct of finishing
- realizationGrasping what's true
- actualizationMaking something fully real
execution · fulfillment · success · breakthrough · progress · advancement · milestone · triumph · victory · fruition
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
dedication · commitment · persistence · grit · tenacity · discipline · focus · drive · motivation · ambition
satisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
flourishing · well-being · wholeness · enrichment · purpose · meaning · pride · joy · happiness · peace
graduation
Completing academic requirements formally
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- landmarkNotable point of reference
watershed · promotion · certification · qualification · debut · launch · completion · threshold · checkpoint · recognition
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, accomplishment, attained, complete
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
- self-disciplineself-discipline, self-control, self-regulation, restraint, impulse control
- win conditionswin condition, victory conditions, winning, checkmate, knockout
achievingfailing
Flaw in one's nature
falling short · missing · losing · botching · bungling
achievingneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · giving up · quitting · forgoing · forsaking
achievingregressing
Returning to earlier state
backsliding · declining · deteriorating · slipping · losing ground