attainment

Success after effort

Attainment is the act of achieving something or the thing achieved.

The word usually applies to goals requiring sustained effort: educational attainment, the attainment of wealth, her attainments in science.

In the plural, attainments often means accomplishments or acquired skills: a person of considerable attainments.

achievement

accomplishment

Successful completion of aim

feat · milestone · breakthrough · completion · fulfillment · realization · culmination · fruition · conquest · masterpiece

education

diploma

Academic completion document

certification · credential · literacy · proficiency · competence · mastery · scholarship · accreditation · matriculation · doctorate

skill

mastery

Complete skill or control

fluency · virtuosity · dexterity · technique · faculty · capability · aptitude · command · grasp · adeptness

goal

objective

Purpose or goal

ambition · purpose · dream · vision · pursuit · quest · desire · hope · intention · benchmark

enlightenment

awakening

Return to consciousness

liberation · moksha · satori · transcendence · bodhi · samadhi · wisdom · insight · mindfulness · awareness

status

wealth

Abundance of valuable resources

prominence · influence · power · standing · position · rank · advancement · ascendancy · success · fortune

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success/achievement

attainmentfailure

Lack of success

defeat · nonsuccess · nonfulfillment · fiasco · debacle

possession/acquisition

attainmentloss

Being without something

forfeit · forfeiture · surrender · deprivation · dispossession

knowledge/skill level

attainmentignorance

Absence of knowledge

illiteracy · incompetence · ineptitude · unskillfulness · inexperience

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G