excels
Rises above peers
Excels is the form of excel used with singular subjects: She excels at mathematics, The company excels in customer service.
To excel is to surpass others or perform exceptionally well in some area.
The word often pairs with at or in to specify the domain of superiority.
Exceeds in achievement
- outshinesExceeds in brilliance
- outdoesExceeds in performance
- surpassesExceeds in quality
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
transcends · outpaces · outstrips · overtakes · outclasses · exceeds · tops · bests
Skill from extensive practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- prowessOutstanding skill or valor
- competenceAdequate ability to function
skillfulness · adeptness · talent · brilliance · artistry · finesse · craftsmanship · precision
Superior status above others
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
primacy · leadership · advantage · upper hand · standout · front-runner · top performer · best in class
outperforms
Exceeds in achievement
eclipses · transcends · outpaces · outstrips · overtakes · outclasses · exceeds · tops · bests · trumps
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- prowessOutstanding skill or valor
competence · skillfulness · adeptness · talent · brilliance · artistry · finesse · craftsmanship · precision · ingenuity
preeminence
Superior status above others
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
predominance · primacy · leadership · advantage · upper hand · standout · front-runner · top performer · best in class · elite
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
- successFavorable outcome attained
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- breakthroughSudden important advance
milestone · attainment · feat · victory · pinnacle · zenith · apex · peak · crowning · capstone
excelsfails
Does not succeed
flounders · struggles · falters · underperforms · bungles
excelslags
Falls behind others
trails · falls behind · underachieves · loses · languishes
- Microsoft ExcelTabular data calculation software
- moral excellenceEthical goodness of character
- excellent creditHigh borrower trustworthiness score
- Your ExcellencyHonorific for dignitaries
- academic excellenceSuperior performance in studies
- par excellenceQuintessential, without equal
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