Meaning: Achieving the desired aim or result; having success.
Hindi: सफल
Synonyms: victorious, prosperous, accomplished, triumphant
Antonyms: unsuccessful, failed
Asked in: SSC Steno 2026 T-1 · SSC CGL 2023 T-1 · SSC MTS 2023
successful in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Spelling
Choose the correctly spelt word:
Answer & explanation
Answer: C) Successful
Rule: success keeps its double c and double s, and the suffix -ful is always spelt with one l.
Example: *care + ful = careful*, *hope + ful = hopeful*.
successful = achieving the desired result *(सफल)* — succ-ess-ful, with cc, ss and a single l.
Why the others are wrong.
• Succesful drops one s — *succes* is not a word *(गलत वर्तनी)*.
• Successfull doubles the l; *-full* is the adjective *full* itself, never a suffix *(गलत वर्तनी)*.
• Succesfull makes both mistakes at once — one s short and one l too many *(गलत वर्तनी)*.
Word help.
spelt = the British past form of *spell* *(वर्तनी की गई)*.
*Memory hook: successful is FULL of success but -ful has only one l.* - SSC CGL 2023 T-1 Spelling
Choose the option that rectifies the incorrectly spelt underlined word.
Mr. Singh is a phenomenally sucsesful salesperson.Answer & explanation
Answer: D) successful
Answer: successful
Solution:
• The underlined word "sucsesful" is incorrectly spelt.
• The correct spelling is "successful", which means having achieved desired goals or results (सफल). ✅
• Option checks:
• Successfull – ❌ extra “l”, incorrect spelling
• Sucessful – ❌ missing a “c”, incorrect
• Sucesfull – ❌ both letters missing
• Successful – ✅ correct spelling - SSC MTS 2023 Spelling
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Answer & explanation
Answer: B) Succesful
Answer: 2
Solution: The incorrectly spelt word is "Succesful".
The correct spelling is "Successful" — with double 'c' and double 's' (सफल).
Option 1 – Relevant ✅: correct spelling; means appropriate or connected to the topic (प्रासंगिक).
Option 3 – Rhyme ✅: correct spelling; means similar sounding words or endings (तुक).
Option 4 – Queue ✅: correct spelling; means a line or sequence of people or things (कतार).
Thus, "Succesful" is incorrect and should be "Successful".
Examples
- “She became a successful entrepreneur at a young age.”
successful – questions
What is the meaning of successful in Hindi?
successful means “सफल” in Hindi. In English: Achieving the desired aim or result; having success.
What are the synonyms of successful?
Synonyms of successful: victorious, prosperous, accomplished, triumphant.
What is the opposite of successful?
Antonyms of successful: unsuccessful, failed.
Has successful been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – successful has been asked 3 times in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1, SSC CGL 2023 T-1, SSC MTS 2023.