accomplishment

1. 1.

   the action of accomplishing something

   Synonymsachievement

   Broaderaction

   Narrowerbeachheadcakewalkfeatmasterpiecemasterstrokecreditperformancerecordfait accompligoing
2. 2.

   an ability that has been acquired by training

   Synonymsskillacquirementacquisitionattainment

   Broaderability

   Narrowercrafthorsemanshipliteracymarksmanshipmastershipmixologynumeracyoarsmanshipsalesmanshipseamanship

Other forms of accomplishment

plural

accomplishments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about accomplishment

What does accomplishment mean?

accomplishment means "the action of accomplishing something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in accomplishment?

accomplishment has 4 syllables: ac-com-plish-ment. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /əˈkɑmplɪʃmənt/.

What is another word for accomplishment?

Close synonyms include achievement, skill, acquirement, acquisition, attainment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accomplishment a common word?

accomplishment is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.