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