attaining
Getting to finally
Attaining is the present participle of attain, meaning to achieve or reach something sought after.
The word implies effort toward a goal: attaining enlightenment, attaining a degree, attaining one's full potential.
What's attained is typically abstract—success, status, mastery—rather than physical objects.
Successful completion of aim
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- realizationGrasping what's true
- successFavorable outcome attained
- completionAct of finishing
fruition · culmination · actualization · materialization · triumph · victory · conquest · mastery
Sudden important advance
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- apexUppermost point or culmination
peak · threshold · benchmark · landmark · graduation · achievement · capstone · climax
Desired end result
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- objectivePurpose or goal
- targetObject of pursuit
aim · quest · dream · desire · striving · seeking · chasing · endeavor
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressionSequential forward movement
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
improvement · enrichment · cultivation · flourishing · expansion · blossoming · burgeoning · ripening
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- realizationGrasping what's true
- successFavorable outcome attained
completion · fruition · culmination · actualization · materialization · triumph · victory · conquest · mastery · proficiency
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
apex · peak · threshold · benchmark · landmark · graduation · achievement · capstone · climax · culmination
goal
Desired end result
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- objectivePurpose or goal
target · aim · quest · dream · desire · striving · seeking · chasing · endeavor · effort
development
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressionSequential forward movement
evolution · improvement · enrichment · cultivation · flourishing · expansion · blossoming · burgeoning · ripening · maturing
- achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, achieved, achievement, accomplishment
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- becoming verbsturning into
attainingfailing
Flaw in one's nature
missing · falling short · losing · botching · coming up short
attaininglosing
Failing to win
forfeiting · sacrificing · squandering · parting with · shedding
attainingsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
quitting · giving up · abandoning · relinquishing · renouncing
attain, unattainable, attainable, attainment, attained, attains, attainments, reattained, attainability