peerless
5
7.2
- adjective
- /ˈpɪr.ləs/
:
inigualable
- Anita's paintings are peerless, capturing emotions that no one else can express.
Examples
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Peerless examples of Byzantine art have been preserved in this great church for a thousand years.
Academic text (2003) -
Both of them were talented in hand-to-hand combat, horse riding, and using spears, and they were peerless among warriors from Xuzhou or Silla.
Academic text (2016) -
Personal experience is a peerless teacher.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her analysis and interpretation of art through the ages is peerless.
Blog text (30) -
Murray's peerless writings influenced me more than any others, and I tried to spend as much time as possible in his presence.
Academic text (1998) -
With their extensive resources and peerless organization, Catholic bishops have the ability to contribute richly to the common good.
Academic text (1993) -
Deborah Willis is peerless in terms of plumbing the archive and preserving what you might call African American ways of seeing.
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Nelson's phrasing remains peerless, able to convey nuances in the way he weaves his words.
Blog text (2) -
Indeed, the imperious, peerless, brilliant, majestic King Lionel Messi will come of age in Brazil 2014.
Blog text (8) -
In an assessment that has been repeated for centuries, Bellori wrote, "Van Dyck achieved the highest esteem for his portraits, in which he was peerless, and sometimes as marvelous as Titian himself."
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
65
3.9
A single person or thing that is special and has no equal
38
6.7
Better than anything else in quality or size
20
6.0
So good or special that nothing else matches it
13
4.5
Being better or more impressive than anything else
9
5.3
Better than any other person or thing
7
8.2
So special and good that no one can copy it
4
6.2
Better than any other person or thing
2
6.8
Much better than others in skill or quality
2
6.0
So good that nothing else is as good
1
6.2
A person or thing that is better than all others
1
7.7
So good that no one can do better
1
9.9
Having no equal in quality or skill
1
7.2
Much better than other people at something
Better than any other in skill or quality
Antonyms
How Excellent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word peerless comes from peer ('an equal', like a classmate or colleague) and the ending -less ('without'). So to call someone peerless is to say they have 'no equal', which is why we use it for something very good and without rival.