achiever

Noun

achiever (plural achievers)

1. One who achieves something.
2. One who tends to succeed; a winner.
   • River hadn't laid eyes on Hobden before, but this had to be him: average height, thinning brownish hair, look of terror as he turned to face this new intrusion even while crushed in an arm-lock by the previous invader, the achiever—except this wasn't an achiever: he was blackclad, wore a balaclava...2011, Mick Herron, Slow Horses
   • Studies of student behavior and attitudes show that a majority of students violate standards of academic integrity to some degree, and that high achievers are just as likely to do it as others.2012 July 9, Richard Pérez-Peña, “Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception”, in The New York Times