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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MATCH'LESS, a. Having no equal; as matchless impudence; a matchless queen; matchless love or charms.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: eminent beyond or above comparison; "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" [syn: matchless, nonpareil, one, one and only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1530 having no equal ; peerless <a matchless view of the valley> • matchlessly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. without an equal, incomparable. Derivatives: matchlessly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Matchless Match"less, a. [Cf. Mateless.] 1. Having no equal; unequaled. ``A matchless queen.'' --Waller. 2. Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited. [Obs.] ``Matchless ears.'' --Spenser. -- Match"less*ly, adv. -- Match"less*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You can use matchless to emphasize that you think something is extremely good. A timeless comic actor–his simplicity and his apparent ease are matchless... The Savoy provides a matchless hotel experience. = unparalleled ADJ: usu ADJ n [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unrivalled, unparalleled, unequalled, peerless, incomparable, exquisite, inimitable, excellent, unmatched, consummate.

Moby Thesaurus

best, beyond compare, beyond comparison, champion, choice, easily first, elect, elite, facile princeps, for the best, greatest, handpicked, immortal, incomparable, inimitable, invincible, nulli secundus, only, optimal, optimum, original, paramount, peerless, picked, prime, prize, quintessential, second to none, select, sui generis, supreme, surpassing, unapproachable, unapproached, unbeatable, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, very best, without equal, without parallel