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successful
achieving what you wanted, or having the effect or result you intended:
• He applied for a visa three times and in the end he was successful. • The treatment was successful. • It was a highly successful campaign.
effective
having the effect or result that was wanted - used especially about treatments, drugs, or methods:
• The drug is effective against a range of diseases. • We still haven't found an effective way to solve the problem.
victorious
successful as a result of winning in a game, election, war etc:
• the captain of the victorious team • She emerged victorious in the second round of voting.
promising
likely to be very successful in the future, used especially about someone who is good at a job, sport, art etc:
• a promising young athlete • He gave up a promising career in banking.
thriving
very successful – used about a company, industry, or organization that is doing well at a particular time:
• The area has a thriving tourist industry. • The school is thriving academically.
booming
extremely successful – used about an economy, or when business or trade is increasing:
• the booming economy in China • Business is booming.
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj. VERBS be, prove, seem | become ADV. astonishingly, enormously, extremely, highly, hugely, outstandingly, particularly, phenomenally, remarkably, spectacularly, very his phenomenally successful period as manager | not entirely Their attempts had not been entirely successful. | fairly, moderately, partially, quite, rather, relatively The operation was only partially successful. | academically, commercially, politically a politically successful manoeuvre PREP. at Though a top-rated movie star he has been remarkably successful at keeping his private life private. | in hoping their party would be successful in the elections
Oxford Collocations Dictionary