coup
noun [C] (SUCCESS) /kuː/Definition
› an unexpectedly successful achievement: It was a tremendous coup for the local paper to get an exclusive interview with Prince Charles. I got him to come to a party, which was something of a coup.Success and achievementsHigher and lower points of achievementFailures
(Definition of coup noun (SUCCESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Abstaining and refraining
- Acting and acts
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- Becoming better
- Cancelling and interrupting
- Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- Coping and not coping
- Delaying and wasting time
- Describing the leading position
- Efficient and effective
- Expressions telling people to hurry up
- Failing and doing badly
- Failures
- Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
- Hesitating
- Higher and lower points of achievement
- Hurrying and doing things quickly
- Making progress and advancing
- Making things better
- Performing a function
- Potential
- Reacting and responding
- Repeating an action
- Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- Successful (things or people)
- Surpassing in quality or number
- Taking part and getting involved
- Trying and making an effort
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- Waiting
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Synonyms and related words:
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment noun
- achievement noun
- blinder noun (GOOD PERFORMANCE)
- boom noun (PERIOD OF GROWTH)
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat noun
- fruition noun
- have sth under your belt idiom
- he who laughs last, laughs longest/best idiom
- magnum opus noun
- pass noun (EXAM RESULT)
- perform/work miracles/a miracle idiom
- prospect noun (POSSIBILITY)
- quantum leap noun
- sellout noun (ALL SOLD)
- success noun
- success story noun
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