Synonyms for excel
ɪkˈsɛlex·cel

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1. excel, stand out, surpassverb

   distinguish oneself

   "She excelled in math"

   Synonyms:
   surmount, outmatch, exceed, outgo, go past, outperform, travel by, leap out, stick out, pass, stand out, jump out, outstrip, transcend, go by, pass by, outdo, surpass, jump

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1. excelverb

   Synonyms:
   surpass, outdo, beat, be superior to, cast in the shade, throw into the shade

2. excelverb

   Synonyms:
   exceed, transcend, cap, go beyond

3. excelverb

   Synonyms:
   be superior, be eminent, bear the palm, bear the bell, take precedence

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1. excelverb

   Synonyms:
   outrival, outstrip, surpass, eclipse, outdo, outvie, transcend, exceed

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1. List of paraphrases for "excel":

   exel, excels, excell

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1. EXCEL

   Synonyms:
   Expanded Clinical Evaluation of Lovastatin on lipid-lowering

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1. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton:

   One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

2. Vince Lombardi:

   The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

3. David Smith:

   I’m not really into math, to be honest — I did it at school, but I didn’t excel in it.

4. Vince Lombardi:

   The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel, are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

5. David Cohen:

   The Democratic party as a whole is just not very good at messaging, they excel when it comes to policy and mastering policy details. (However), selling policy and selling legislative achievements has been something that the modern Democratic party has failed at most of the time.