incomparable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=com=pa=ra=ble
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

incomparable, a. [L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See In- not, and Comparable.].

 Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.  [1913 Webster]
"A merchant of incomparable wealth."  [1913 Webster]
"A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron."
"Delights incomparably all those corporeal things."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incomparable, adj.
1 without an equal; matchless.
2 (often foll. by with, to) not to be compared.

Derivative

incomparability n. incomparableness n. incomparably adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L incomparabilis (as IN-(1), COMPARABLE)

THESAURUS

incomparable

alien, apart, beyond compare, beyond comparison, detached, disconnected, discrete, disjunct, disrelated, dissimilar, dissociated, easily first, exotic, extraneous, facile princeps, foreign, immortal, incommensurable, incommensurate, independent, inimitable, insular, invincible, irrelative, isolated, matchless, nonpareil, not comparable to, nulli secundus, of different orders, other, outlandish, peerless, removed, second to none, segregate, separate, separated, strange, sui generis, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing, transcendent, unaffiliated, unallied, unapproachable, unapproached, unassociated, unbeatable, unconnected, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unlike, unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered, unrelatable, unrelated, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, without equal, without parallel

ROGET THESAURUS

incomparable

Superiority

N superiority, majority, greatness, advantage, pull, preponderance, preponderation, vantage ground, prevalence, partiality, personal superiority, nobility, Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain, crackajack, supremacy, preeminence, lead, maximum, record, trikumia, climax, culmination, transcendence, ne plus ultra, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, excess, surplus, (redundancy), superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, great, distinguished, ultra, vaulting, more than a match for, supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning, first-rate, unrivaled peerless, matchless, none such, second to none, sans pareil, unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed, superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra, beyond compare, beyond comparison, culminating, transcendent, transcendental, plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope increased, enlarged, beyond, more, over, over the mark, above the mark, above par, upwards of, in advance of, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height, eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, kat exochin, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more, I shall not look upon his like again, deos fortioribus addesse.

Incomparability

N incomparability, incommensurability, indistinguishablility, incommensurable, incommensurate, incomparable, different, like apples and oranges, no basis for comparison, no standard for comparison.