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Definition

verb. to be exceptionally good at something.

Example Sentence

The Brazilian national team excels at soccer.

More Example Sentences

He excels at playing the piano very well.

Synonyms

excels; surpasses; outshines

Antonyms

fails; falls short; struggles

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Rhymes

  • bell's
  • belles
  • bells
  • bells'
  • bels
  • belz
  • cell's
  • cells
  • cells'
  • cels
  • dell's
  • dells
  • dwells
  • ells
  • els
  • fells
  • fels
  • frels
  • gelles
  • gels
  • hell's
  • hells
  • kells
  • knells
  • l's
  • l.'s
  • l.s
  • mel's
  • nehls
  • nelles
  • nels
  • pell's
  • pels
  • pelz
  • schmelz
  • sells
  • selz
  • shell's
  • shells
  • smells
  • spells
  • swells
  • telles
  • tells
  • welles
  • welles'
  • wells
  • welz
  • yells

  • adele's
  • adell's
  • arnelle's
  • battelle's
  • bozell's
  • cartel's
  • cartels
  • channell's
  • compels
  • cornell's
  • dispels
  • excel's
  • excels
  • expels
  • ezell's
  • farewells
  • fidel's
  • gazelles
  • hotel's
  • hotels
  • hotels'
  • intel's
  • lapels
  • mattel's
  • michel's
  • michelle's
  • michels
  • montel's
  • motels
  • noel's
  • novell's
  • outsells
  • pangels
  • pastels
  • propels
  • ravel's
  • rebels
  • repels
  • resells
  • rintel's
  • rintels
  • rintels'
  • rochelle's
  • sheftel's
  • stinel's
  • vertel's

  • moskatel's
  • organelles

  • materiels
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