succeed

Other forms of succeed

past tense

succeeded·

present participle

succeeding·

third person

succeeds·

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 succeed

What does succeed mean?

succeed means "attain success or reach a desired goal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in succeed?

succeed has 2 syllables: suc-ceed. The stress falls on "ceed". In IPA it is /səkˈsid/.

What is another word for succeed?

Close synonyms include win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, come after. 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.

What is the opposite of succeed?

The recorded antonyms are fail, precede.

Is succeed a common word?

succeed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with succeed?

19 words rhyme with succeed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.