 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
incomparable
adjective: such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for
comparison or lacking features that can be compared;
"an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the
computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and
efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the
earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the
data" [syn: {uncomparable}] [ant: {comparable}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Incomparable \In*com"pa*ra*ble\, adjective [L. incomparabilis: cf. F.
incomparable. See {In-} not, and {Comparable}.]
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others;
unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless;
peerless; transcendent.
A merchant of incomparable wealth. --Shak.
A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir
Isaac Newton for a patron. --Bp.
Warburton.
-- {In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, noun -- {In*com"pa*ra*bly}, adverb
Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. --Bp.
Wilkins.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "incomparable":
alien, apart, beyond compare, beyond comparison, detached,
disconnected, discrete, disjunct, disrelated, dissimilar,
dissociated, easily first, exotic, extraneous, facile princeps,
foreign, immortal, incommensurable, incommensurate, independent,
inimitable, insular, invincible, irrelative, isolated, matchless,
nonpareil, not comparable to, nulli secundus, of different orders,
other, outlandish, peerless, removed, second to none, segregate,
separate, separated, strange, sui generis, superior, superlative,
supreme, surpassing, transcendent, unaffiliated, unallied,
unapproachable, unapproached, unassociated, unbeatable,
unconnected, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unlike,
unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered,
unrelatable, unrelated, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed,
without equal, without parallel
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
incomparable
Two elements a, b of a set are incomparable
under some relation |
