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SUCCESSFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does successfulness mean?
• SUCCESSFULNESS (noun)
The noun SUCCESSFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. the condition of prospering; having good fortune
Familiarity information: SUCCESSFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of prospering; having good fortune
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
prosperity; successfulness
Hypernyms ("successfulness" is a kind of...):
good fortune; good luck; luckiness (an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "successfulness"):
eudaemonia; eudaimonia; upbeat; welfare; well-being; wellbeing (a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous)
strength (the condition of financial success)
success (a state of prosperity or fame)
Derivation:
successful (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome)
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