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Spell Bee Word: successful


Basic Details

Word: Successful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Getting the result you wanted, or having done well in your work or life.

Synonyms: thriving, prosperous, victorious

Antonyms: unsuccessful, failed

How to Spell Successful

Syllables: suc - cess - ful

Tricky part: The word doubles two letters, cc and ss, but the ending ful has only one l.

Watch out for: sucessful, successfull, succesful

Memory tip: Success doubles twice, cc and ss. Then ful comes in with only one l, because full gives up an l when it becomes an ending.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The school's tree-planting drive was very successful.

Example 2: Meera became a successful doctor in her home town.

Example 3: After three tries, the rocket launch was successful.

Fun Fact

Success comes from the Latin succedere, to come after; at first it meant whatever came next, good or bad.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

successfull

a) s
b) c
c) u
d) l

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d) l. When full becomes a suffix it drops one l, so the word ends in ful.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) embarass
b) ocassion
c) neccessary
d) successful

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d) successful. Successful gets both of its doublings right, cc and then ss; each of the others doubles the wrong letter or too few.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: successful

a) victorious
b) prosperous
c) thriving
d) failed

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d) failed. Something that failed did not work out, which is the opposite of successful.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which event was successful?

a) The fair raised all the money it needed.
b) The fair ran out of food in an hour and closed.
c) The fair was cancelled because of rain.
d) Nobody came to the fair.

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a) The fair raised all the money it needed.

2. Which noun is successful made from?

a) success
b) successor
c) succeed
d) succession

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a) success

Associated Words

illustrationanalystreassurecommercialhavoc
devoutblisterdeductsentimentstudious

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