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incomparable

/ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/US/ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/

incomparable adjective: not comparable.

Adjective

incomparable (comparative more incomparable, superlative most incomparable)

  1. (literally, not comparable) Not comparable.
    Antonyms:
    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.c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, edited by Robert Baldwin Ross, De Profundis, published 1909, page 112

Noun

incomparable (plural incomparables)

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

incomparable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

incomparable in Hindi

not comparable
अतुलनीय atulnīya

incomparable in Tamil

இணையற்ற, ஈடற்ற, ஒப்பற்ற, ஒப்புமையற்ற

incomparable in Urdu

بےمثل, یکتا

incomparable in Bengali

অতুলনীয়, অনুপম, অদ্বিতীয়
More languagesFewer languages
incomparable in Telugu
సాటిలేని sāṭilēni
incomparable in Malayalam
ഇണയറ്റ, അദ്വിതീയ, താരതമ്യപ്പെടുത്താനൊക്കാത്ത, തുല്യമില്ലാത്ത
incomparable in Kannada
ಅನುಪಮ, ಅಸದೃಶ, ಹೋಲಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಅಸಮಾನ
incomparable in Gujarati
અનુપ anup
incomparable in Sanskrit
अतुल्य atulya
incomparable in Tagalog
walang-kahulilip

Examples of incomparable in a sentence

  • Stroke by stroke, the great familiar monody of that incomparable curfew rose and fell in the stillness.
  • Incomparable quite, the figure and face and vesture of him who ended in them.
  • The others are of a dry or yarrish taste and mixd with Whitesour make an incomparable Cider.

All 10 example sentences with incomparable

Synonyms of incomparable

Antonyms

Forms of incomparable

Adjective
comparativemore incomparable
superlativemost incomparable
Noun
pluralincomparables

Origin of incomparable

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

Words formed from incomparable

Questions about incomparable

What does incomparable mean?
Incomparable means not comparable.
What is incomparable in Hindi?
Incomparable in Hindi is अतुलनीय (atulnīya). See Incomparable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is incomparable?
Incomparable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce incomparable?
Incomparable is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/ (UK).

Words near incomparable in the dictionary

  1. incommutably
  2. incompact
  3. incompactness
  4. incomparabilities
  5. incomparability
  6. incomparable
  7. incomparableness
  8. incomparables
  9. incomparably
  10. incompared
  11. incompass

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incomparable (page history and authors); incomparable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incomparable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incomparable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incomparable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incomparable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અનુપ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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