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incomparable

  • /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/ UK
  • /ɪŋkəmˈpærəbəl/ UK
  • /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/ US
  • /ɪŋkəmˈpɛɹəbəl/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.

adjective more incomparable · most incomparable

  1. literally, not comparable Not comparable.

    Similar: noncomparable, uncomparable · Opposite: comparable

  2. comparable, figuratively So much better than another as to be beyond comparison. I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

    Similar: matchless, unsurpassed

noun incomparables

  1. Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unequaled, unrivaled, peerless, all-time, nonpareil, unrivalled, unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched, matchless, uncomparable, unmatchable, alone, unique, incommensurable, one

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adj not comparable

Españolincomparable
हिन्दीअतुलनीय atulnīya
Portuguêsincomparável
Deutschinkomparabel
Românănecomparabil, incomparabil

adj beyond comparison

Españolincomparable, inigualable
中文無比的 /无比的 wúbǐ de
Portuguêsincomparável
Françaisincomparable
Deutschunvergleichlich
Italianoincomparabile
Ελληνικάασύγκριτος asýgkritos
Românăincomparabil, necomparabil
Русскийнесравни́мый nesravnímyj, несравне́нный nesravnénnyj, бесподо́бный bespodóbnyj

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@misc{incomparable_2026,
  title = {incomparable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incomparable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}