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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
successful
adj
  1. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"
    Antonym(s): unsuccessful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Successful \Suc*cess"ful\, a.
      Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success;
      accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect;
      hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of
      medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
  
               Welcome, nephews, from successful wars.   --Shak.
  
      Syn: Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See
               {Fortunate}. -- {Suc*cess"ful*ly}, adv. --
               {Suc*cess"ful*ness}, n.
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