Synonyms for achievement
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Trophy — an award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game
2. Accomplishment
accomplishment, feat, success, attainment, performance, triumph, victory, action, work, completion, deed, realization UK US, realisation UK, act, execution, consummation, exploit
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
Finishing the game does not give you a 100% score until you have unlocked all of the achievements.
- n. 2
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
Related words
- Phrases
- achievement cake achievement quotient crowning achievement
- Other spellings
- atchievement
Forms
- Plural
- achievements → trophies, chievs, accomplishments, feats…
Choose the right word
As between act and deed, deed is commonly used of great, notable, and impressive acts, as are achievement, exploit, and feat.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- feat You've got to give him credit; that's no easy feat.
- accomplishment The accomplishment of the task took several years.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| achievement | steady | |
| feat | rising | |
| accomplishment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- act1
- 4 letters
- work1, feat1, deed1
- 5 letters
- chiev
- 6 letters
- action2, shield1, trophy2
- 7 letters
- success2, victory3, triumph2, exploit2
- 9 letters
- execution4
- 10 letters
- completion3, attainment3, escutcheon
- 11 letters
- performance3, realization4, realisation4
- 12 letters
- consummation4
- 14 letters
- accomplishment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (action2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- atteinte
- Italiano
- raggiungimento
- Español
- consecución