to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result

Our efforts succeeded.

to thrive, prosper, grow, or the like

Grass will not succeed in this dry soil.

to accomplish what is attempted or intended

We succeeded in our efforts to start the car.

to attain success in some popularly recognized form, as wealth or standing

The class voted him the one most likely to succeed.

to follow or replace another by descent, election, appointment, etc. (often fol. by to ).

to come next after something else in an order or series.

to come after and take the place of, as in an office or estate.

to come next after in an order or series, or in the course of events; follow.

verb

fail , precede

verb

accomplish , achieve , acquire , arrive , avail , benefit , be successful , carry off * , come off * , conquer , distance , do all right , do the trick , earn , flourish , fulfill , gain , get , get to the top , grow famous , hit * , make a fortune , make good , make it , make out * , obtain , outdistance , outwit , overcome , possess , prevail , profit , prosper , pull off * , realize , reap , receive , recover , retrieve , score , secure , surmount , thrive , triumph , turn out * , vanquish , win , work , worstnotes:follow means to travel behind , go after , or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession , follow after another or to attain success , reach a goal , accede , assume , be subsequent , come into , come into possession , come next , displace , ensue , enter upon , follow , follow after , follow in order , go next , inherit , postdate , replace , result , supersede , supervene , supplant , take overnotes:follow means to travel behind , get ahead , get on , go far , rise , come off , go , go over , pan out , work out , attain , click , master