Thesaurus:excel

Thesaurus

excel

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Sense: to be excellent

Synonyms

• bang    [⇒ thesaurus] (stative, slang)
• devour (slang)
• eat    [⇒ thesaurus] (stative, slang)
• eat and leave no crumbs (idiomatic, slang)
• excel
• go hard (stative, slang)
• kick (slang)
• kick ass (stative, idiomatic, vulgar)
• rock (slang)
• rule    [⇒ thesaurus] (stative, slang)
• shine    [⇒ thesaurus] (copulative)
• slap (stative, slang)
• slay (AAVE, LGBTQ slang)

Antonyms

• choke (colloquial)
• fail
• go soft (stative, slang, ironic)
• misperform
• stink
• suck (stative, vulgar, slang)
• underachieve
• underperform

Hyponyms

• come to hand (US, horse racing)
• outfinesse
• outplay
• superexcel

See also

• Thesaurus:exceed
• Thesaurus:excellent

Further reading

• “648. goodness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “excel” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.