matchless
matchless adjective: having no match; without equal.
Adjective (1)
matchless (comparative more matchless, superlative most matchless)
- Having no match; without equal.
- [T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength.1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 8, in Ivanhoe
- It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent.2002, Daniel Okrent, "Books: A Prince of a Pitcher" (Review of: Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy), Time, 30 Sept.
- Synonyms:
- incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, unrivaled
- Having no mate.
- In this comedy, a matchmaker has a matchless daughter. Try as he might, he cannot seem to find anyone for her.2010 June 1, Sandra Brennan, “Movies: The Flying Matchmaker (1966)”, in nytimes.com, retrieved 13 Sep 2010
- Synonyms:
- single, unattached
Adjective (2)
matchless (not comparable)
- Without the use of matches for ignition.
- a matchless stove
matchless meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
matchless in Hindi
- matchless, incomparable, unrivaled, excellent
- अनुपमा anupmā
- matchless, unparalleled
- अद्वितीय advitīya
matchless in Urdu
- matchless
- بے نظیر be nazīr
matchless in Bengali
- matchless, unparalleled
- অদ্বিতীয় odditiẏo
matchless in Telugu
- without equal
- సాటిలేని sāṭilēni
More languagesFewer languages
- matchless in Malayalam
- കിടയറ്റ, അതുല്യ, നിരുപമമായ, നിരതിശയമായ
- matchless in Sanskrit
- अनन्य ananyá
Synonyms of matchless
Forms of matchless
| comparative | more matchless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most matchless |
Origin of matchless
From match + -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make + -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”).
From match + -less.
Words formed from matchless
Questions about matchless
- What does matchless mean?
- Matchless means having no match; without equal.
- What is matchless in Hindi?
- Matchless in Hindi is अनुपमा (anupmā), अद्वितीय (advitīya). See Matchless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is matchless?
- Matchless is an adjective.
Words near matchless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: matchless (page history and authors); अद्वितीय (Hindi) (page history and authors); بے نظیر (Urdu) (page history and authors); অদ্বিতীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); matchless (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); अनन्य (Sanskrit) (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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