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matchless

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having no match; without equal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having no mate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Without the use of matches for ignition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a matchless stove

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

eminent beyond or above comparison

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • matchless beauty
  • the team's nonpareil center fielder
  • she's one girl in a million
  • the one and only Muhammad Ali
  • a peerless scholar
  • infamy unmatched in the Western world
  • wrote with unmatchable clarity
  • unrivaled mastery of her art

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonpareil, one(a), one and only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From match + -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make + -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”).

Etymology tree English match Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English matchless From match + -less.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: misilsiz — without equal
  • Azerbaijani: bənzərsiz — without equal
  • Bulgarian: несравним (nesravnim) — without equal
  • Bulgarian: безподобен (bezpodoben) — without equal
  • Danish: mageløs — without equal
  • Dutch: onvergelijkelijk — without equal
  • Esperanto: senegala — without equal
  • Georgian: უბადლო (ubadlo) — without equal
  • Georgian: შეუდარებელი (šeudarebeli) — without equal
  • Georgian: სწორუპოვარი (sc̣oruṗovari) — without equal
  • Hungarian: utánozhatatlan — without equal
  • Hungarian: egyedülálló — without equal
  • Hungarian: páratlan — without equal
  • Japanese: 冠絶する (kanzetsu suru) — without equal
  • Japanese: 無敵の (muteki no) — without equal
  • Māori: kei tua o kapenga — without equal
  • Portuguese: sem igual — without equal
  • Russian: несравне́нный (nesravnénnyj) — without equal
  • Swedish: makalös — without equal
  • Telugu: సాటిలేని (sāṭilēni) — without equal
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشسز (eşsiz) — without equal