Collocations for successful - adj.
VERBS
be,
prove
appear, seem
become
feel
Winning is the only way they can feel successful.
appear, seem
become
feel
Winning is the only way they can feel successful.
be considered,
be deemed,
be judged
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
enormously, extraordinarily, fabulously (esp. AmE), highly, hugely, immensely, outstandingly (esp. BrE), phenomenally, spectacularly, tremendously, truly, unusually, wildly
his phenomenally successful period as manager
enormously, extraordinarily, fabulously (esp. AmE), highly, hugely, immensely, outstandingly (esp. BrE), phenomenally, spectacularly, tremendously, truly, unusually, wildly
his phenomenally successful period as manager
amazingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
remarkably,
surprisingly
largely
not completely, not entirely, not wholly
Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
largely
not completely, not entirely, not wholly
Their attempts had not been entirely successful.
marginally (esp. AmE),
moderately,
modestly,
partially,
partly,
reasonably,
relatively
The operation was only partially successful.
The operation was only partially successful.
consistently
increasingly
initially
eventually, ultimately
The alliance was ultimately successful in getting its message across.
increasingly
initially
eventually, ultimately
The alliance was ultimately successful in getting its message across.
academically,
commercially,
economically,
financially,
politically
a politically successful move
a politically successful move
PREPOSITION
at
He has been remarkably successful at keeping his private life private.
He has been remarkably successful at keeping his private life private.
in
We hope the party will be successful in the elections.
We hope the party will be successful in the elections.
Successful is used with these nouns:
actor, actress, adaptation, adjustment, applicant, application, artist, assault, attempt, barrister, battle, bid, business, businessman, businesswoman, campaign, candidate, career, coach, collaboration, comeback, company, competitor, completion, composer, conclusion, conference, conviction, counter-attack, coup, delegation, demonstration, deployment, effort, endeavour, enterprise, entrepreneur, escape, establishment, evening, execution, executive, exercise, expansion, expedition, experiment, exploitation, farmer, film, firm, formula, franchise, future, implementation, initiative, innovation, integration, intervention, investment, landing, launch, lawyer, learning, manager, marriage, meeting, merchant, merger, mission, movie, musical, negotiation, opening, operation, outcome, painter, partnership, photographer, politician, practice, prediction, pregnancy, production, project, prosecution, recovery, recruitment, removal, reproduction, rescue, resolution, return, revolution, run, salesman, scheme, season, show, strategy, surgery, team, tender, test, tour, transfer, transition, treatment, trip, venture, woman, writer
actor, actress, adaptation, adjustment, applicant, application, artist, assault, attempt, barrister, battle, bid, business, businessman, businesswoman, campaign, candidate, career, coach, collaboration, comeback, company, competitor, completion, composer, conclusion, conference, conviction, counter-attack, coup, delegation, demonstration, deployment, effort, endeavour, enterprise, entrepreneur, escape, establishment, evening, execution, executive, exercise, expansion, expedition, experiment, exploitation, farmer, film, firm, formula, franchise, future, implementation, initiative, innovation, integration, intervention, investment, landing, launch, lawyer, learning, manager, marriage, meeting, merchant, merger, mission, movie, musical, negotiation, opening, operation, outcome, painter, partnership, photographer, politician, practice, prediction, pregnancy, production, project, prosecution, recovery, recruitment, removal, reproduction, rescue, resolution, return, revolution, run, salesman, scheme, season, show, strategy, surgery, team, tender, test, tour, transfer, transition, treatment, trip, venture, woman, writer