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unmatched

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not matched; odd.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • unmatched socks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not matched with anything else.

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

Peerless; unrivalled; beyond comparison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • unmatched musician

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unique, peerless, unparalleled, alone, azygous, incomparable, matchless, nonpareil, only, singular, sui generis, unequaled, unmatched, unrivalled

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of unmatch

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

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

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: odd, unmated, unpaired

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безподобен (bezpodoben) — unrivalled
  • Georgian: უბადლო (ubadlo) — unrivalled
  • Georgian: სწორუპოვარი (sc̣oruṗovari) — unrivalled
  • Georgian: შეუდარებელი (šeudarebeli) — unrivalled
  • Polish: bezkonkurencyjny — unrivalled
  • Spanish: inigualable — unrivalled
  • Spanish: sin par — unrivalled
  • Spanish: sin igual — unrivalled
  • Spanish: señero — unrivalled
  • Turkish: rakipsiz — unrivalled
  • Turkish: benzersiz — unrivalled
  • Turkish: emelsiz — unrivalled
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشسز (eşsiz) — unrivalled