ACHIEVING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

achieving

verb

Definition of achieving next

present participle of achieve

as in attaining

to obtain (as a goal) through effort finally achieved stardom

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as in accomplishing

to carry through (as a process) to completion finally achieved his purpose, which was to form a first-class boys' choir made up of inner-city kids

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Recent Examples of achieving The government succeeded in reversing the fiscal deficit and achieving a budget surplus — a rare result in Argentina’s recent history — but the social cost of the austerity measures has drawn criticism. —

Clara Preve, Fortune, 16 May 2026 However, achieving strong nonlinear optical switching at extremely low energies in a compact nanocavity platform has remained a major challenge. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026 The Government should provide a clear and costed pathway to achieving the commitment to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. —

Michael Saunders, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 Mladenov conditioned Israel’s full withdrawal from Gaza on the fulfillment of other elements of the plan – primarily Hamas’ disarmament and achieving civil governance in Gaza. —

Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 15 May 2026 Increasingly, high-performing organizations are achieving greater results with smaller, highly effective teams that are supported by robust platform foundations. —

Prashanthi Kolluru, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 This year’s Cannes Film Festival may be light on studio movies and American star power so far, but by day four, we’ve already been hit with six films in competition that have varying chances at achieving a global profile. —

Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 If Pan American Airways represented, at its height, victory and suavity, the country achieving a kind of European state of grace, then Spirit was the exact opposite—synonymous with the rowdy and the rude at the heart of the American character. —

Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 What may sound like a dizzying lifestyle to some to Chiles is par for the course in achieving her loftiest goals across sports and beyond. —

Marquise Francis, NBC news, 9 May 2026

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Success will be determined around that goal — either attaining it or at minimum, looking like a real threat to do so.

— Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
Granted, his policy regarding Iran not attaining a nuclear weapon is a good one.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026