incomparable
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
incomparable
adj 1: such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for
comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an
incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer
proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency";
"this report is incomparable with the earlier ones
because of different breakdowns of the data" [syn:
{incomparable}, {uncomparable}] [ant: {comparable}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incomparable \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, 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. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir
Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp.
Warburton.
-- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adv.
[1913 Webster]
Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp.
Wilkins.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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