triumph

/ˈtraɪəmf/

/ˈtraɪəmf/

Other forms: triumphs; triumphed; triumphing

A triumph is a well-earned victory. It'll make you pump your fist and yell "Hurrah!"

Triumph can be a noun or a verb, so you can have a triumph after the big game when you triumph over your opponents. Either way, it's a way to rejoice and a reason to whoop it up. The word comes from the Latin triumphus which is an "achievement, success, procession for a victorious general or admiral." The jury's still out on whether it comes from the Greek thriambos, as a "hymn to Dionysus," but it's fun to imagine that a triumph is a song to the Greek god of party animals. Fittingly, a Triumph is also the name of a motorcycle, a cool car, and a hard rockin' band from Canada.

Definitions of triumph

1. noun

   a successful ending of a struggle or contest
   “the agreement was a triumph for common sense”

   synonyms: victory

   types:

   win

   a victory (as in a race or other competition)

   fall, pin

   when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

   independence

   the successful ending of the American Revolution

   landslide

   an overwhelming electoral victory

   last laugh

   ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying `he laughs best who laughs last')

   Pyrrhic victory

   a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

   slam, sweep

   winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

   checkmate

   complete victory

   blowout, laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway

   an easy victory

   service break

   a tennis game won on the opponent's service

   walk-in, waltz

   an assured victory (especially in an election)

   first-place finish

   a finish in first place (as in a race)

   takedown

   (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position

   grand slam

   winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge

   little slam, small slam

   winning all but one of the tricks in a hand of bridge

   type of:

   conclusion, ending, finish

   event whose occurrence ends something

   success

   an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
2. noun

   the exultation of victory
   type of:

   exultation, jubilance, jubilancy, jubilation

   a feeling of extreme joy
3. verb

   prove superior
   synonyms: prevail

   type of:

   win

   be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
4. verb

   be ecstatic with joy
   synonyms: rejoice, wallow

   types:

   swoon

   be overwhelmed with ecstasy, especially when encountering something or someone you admire

   type of:

   be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air

   feel extreme happiness or elation
5. verb

   express great joy
   synonyms: exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice

   types:

   glory

   rejoice proudly

   type of:

   cheer, cheer up, chirk up

   become cheerful
6. verb

   dwell on with satisfaction
   synonyms: crow, gloat

   types:

   congratulate, preen

   pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

   type of:

   blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt

   show off