succeeding
Achieving one's goals
Succeeding describes what comes after or follows in sequence: the succeeding generations, each succeeding chapter.
It also serves as the present participle of succeed, meaning achieving a goal or taking over a position: She's succeeding beyond expectations, the prince succeeding to the throne.
Occurring after something else
- ensuingFollowing as consequence
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- nextImmediately following in sequence
- laterAt a subsequent time
afterward · thereafter · sequential · following · post · beyond · eventually · ultimately
Successful completion of aim
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
goal · fulfillment · completion · realization · fruition · culmination · breakthrough · feat
Achieving victory
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- conqueringDefeating and taking control
prevailing · dominance · supremacy · undefeated · championship · trophy · medal · glory
Sequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressMovement toward improvement
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- growthIncrease in size
promotion · climbing · rising · elevation · ascension · upgrading · improvement · enhancement
One who receives legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
descendant · birthright · patrimony · throne · crown · estate · bequest · posterity
subsequent
Occurring after something else
- ensuingFollowing as consequence
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- nextImmediately following in sequence
later · afterward · thereafter · sequential · following · post · beyond · eventually · ultimately · subsequently
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
milestone · goal · fulfillment · completion · realization · fruition · culmination · breakthrough · feat · conquest
winning
Achieving victory
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- championTop competitor, or advocate
conquering · prevailing · dominance · supremacy · undefeated · championship · trophy · medal · glory · podium
progression
Sequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressMovement toward improvement
- developmentProgress toward maturity
growth · promotion · climbing · rising · elevation · ascension · upgrading · improvement · enhancement · maturation
heir
One who receives legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- lineageDescent from progenitors
dynasty · descendant · birthright · patrimony · throne · crown · estate · bequest · posterity · mantle
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, achieved, achievement, accomplishment
- life experiencesgraduation, heartbreak, travel, parenthood, falling in love
- Coming Afterfollowing, subsequent, next, later, after
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- Replacement termsreplacing, supplanting, displacing, swap, switch
succeedingpreceding
Coming before in order
previous · prior · earlier · former · antecedent
succeedingfailing
Flaw in one's nature
losing · flopping · bombing · floundering · struggling
success, succeed, successful, proceed, recede, exceed, precede, concede, succession