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unrivaled

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

Examples

  • Helen’s unrivaled beauty is said to have launched a thousand ships.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peerless

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

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, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivalled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English rivaled English unrivaled From un- + rivaled.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: konkurrenzlos — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • German: unvergleichlich — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • German: unerreicht — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • German: unübertroffen — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Greek: απαράμιλλος (aparámillos) — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Khmer: មហិទ្ធិ (meaʔhet) — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Polish: bezkonkurencyjny — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Russian: непревзойдённый (neprevzojdjónnyj) — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Sanskrit: अद्वैत (advaita) — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Spanish: inigualable — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Turkish: rakipsiz — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival
  • Welsh: heb ail — beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival