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like no other

like no other adjective: very special.

Adjective

like no other (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Very special.
    • It had an extra floor pedal which gave the piano a rinky-dink sound like no other.2007, Johnny Stark, From Poverty to Silvered Wings of Flight, →ISBN, page 55
    • There’s a word that we use in consumer behavior — it singularizes the couple and communicates that this couple is like no other.2009 September 20, Joyce Cohen, “Cake Toppers: An End to One Size Fits All”, in New York Times

Adverb

like no other (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) In a very special way.
    • Giuliana: Speak for yourself, Rancic. I can run in heels like no other; it's amazeballs!2010, Bill Rancic, Giuliana Rancic, I Do, Now What?: Secrets, Stories, and Advice from a Madly-in-Love Couple, Ballantine Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 16

Synonyms of like no other

Questions about like no other

What does like no other mean?
Like no other means very special.
What part of speech is like no other?
Like no other can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near like no other in the dictionary

  1. like molasses
  2. like molasses in January
  3. like mother, like daughter
  4. like mushrooms
  5. like new
  6. like no other
  7. like nobody else
  8. like nobody's business
  9. like nobody's watching
  10. like of
  11. like old boots

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