Answer to "Distinguish oneself" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHINE , but the solution may also be EXCEL which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).

Distinguish oneself crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHINE	43 %	5
EXCEL	29 %	5
STANDOUT	29 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Distinguish oneself

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• distinguishable
• distinguishing
• distinguishes
• distinguishably
• differentiate
• distinctiveness
• distinction
• distinguished
• distinctness
• distinctions
• distingue
• distinctive

Crossword Answer definitions

SHINE noun

1. Brightness from a source of light.
2. Brightness from reflected light.
3. Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
4. Shoeshine.
5. Sunshine.
6. Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
7. The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
8. A liking for a person; a fancy.
9. A caper; an antic; a row.

SHINE verb

1. To emit light.
2. To reflect light.
3. To distinguish oneself; to excel.
4. To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
5. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
6. To be immediately apparent.
7. To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
8. To cause to shine, as a light.
9. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

SHINE verb

1. To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
2. To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SHINE

• Do well
• 1996 Geoffrey Rush film
• Polish up
• Excel
• Stand out in a crowd
• Rush flick
• Rain alternative
• Rain's opposite
• Buff
• Show one's stuff

More clues leading to the result EXCEL

• Spreadsheet program
• MS' spreadsheet program
• Word go-with
• Office element
• Shine
• Do very well
• Microsoft product sounded really big? (5)
• Office application
• Office suite section
• Office worker?

More clues leading to the result STANDOUT

• Protrude
• Something superior
• Have distinction.
• One who refuses to follow the crowd.
• Straight-A student.
• Be conspicuous
• Top-notch performer
• Conspicuous one
• Really shine
• Distinguish oneself