triumphing

Achieving total victory

Triumphing is the present participle of triumph, used when someone is in the act of achieving victory or celebrating success over an obstacle or opponent.

It carries a sense of exultation and often implies that the victory was hard-won or significant.

The team was triumphing over their rivals for the first time in a decade.

You might also see it in figurative contexts: She was triumphing over her own self-doubt.

achievement

accomplishment

Successful completion of aim

milestone · attainment · fulfillment · completion · culmination · pinnacle · crowning · realization · masterpiece · surmounting

victory

champion

Top competitor, or advocate

podium · trophy · medal · crown · laurels · titleholder · pennant · cup · belt · accolade

conquest

domination

Supreme authority held

vanquishing · supremacy · overthrow · subdue · prevail · rout · crushing · overwhelm · mastery · dominance

exultation

jubilation

Intense, expressive happiness

glee · exhilaration · celebration · revelry · rejoicing · glory · bliss · rapture · exuberance · delight

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Opposites
outcome/success

triumphinglosing

Failing to win

failing · forfeiting · succumbing · flopping · falling short

emotional/psychological state

triumphingdespairing

Completely without hope

mourning · lamenting · grieving · suffering · agonizing

power/dominance

triumphingsurrendering

Ceasing to resist

capitulating · yielding · submitting · succumbing · conceding

Family

triumph, triumphant, triumphed, triumphs, triumphantly, triumphal

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