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Definition: Matchless |
MatchlessAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "matchless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Note: Matchless \Match"less\, adjective. [Compare to Mateless.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: MatchlessSynonyms: nonpareil (adj), one and only(a) (adj), one(a) (adj), peerless (adj), unmatchable (adj), unmatched (adj), unrivaled (adj), unrivalled (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Superiority | Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate; (important), (excellent); unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating; (topmost); transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope |
Virtue | Exemplary; matchless, peerless; saintly, saint-like; heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Matchless |
| English words defined with "matchless": Immatchable, inimitable ♦ Makeless ♦ Parallelless ♦ Unparagoned. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "matchless": Argantes ♦ Venus de Medicis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "matchless": Immatchable ♦ mateless ♦ Unparagoned. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Matchless (1973) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Edwin H. Pagenhart While serving on the MATCHLESS.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Crew of the MATCHLESS Officers - 1) M. D. Glessner; 2) Marsh; 3) Kenneth T. Adams; 4) H. W. Ferguson.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner MATCHLESS.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | The Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner MATCHLESS.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | But, my dear sir, do you realize the historical distinction of this matchless ...Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We will place the matchless skill and the resources of our own great America, in farming and in fertilizers, at the service of those countries committed to develop a modern agriculture. |
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| "Matchless" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.87% of the time. "Matchless" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 94.87% | 37 | 56,631 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.13% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 39 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
matchless | 46 | matchless schematic | 4 |
matchless amps | 30 | lightning matchless | 4 |
matchless motorcycle | 22 | matchless paint | 4 |
matchless amplifier | 16 | baby does matchless mine restaurant | 3 |
baby does matchless mine | 14 | matchless tac | 3 |
ajs matchless | 8 | matchless mine | 2 |
matchless amp | 8 | gift matchless | 2 |
freed general matchless | 6 | dirtbox matchless schematic | 2 |
g80 matchless | 6 | chimney matchless stove | 2 |
box hot matchless | 4 | baby doe matchless mine | 2 |
matchless spitfire | 4 | 1967 matchless | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "matchless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pangjashëm (different, disparate, dissimilar, diverse, unlike, unlikely), i pakrahasueshëm (incomparable, nonpareil, surpassing, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فذ (alone, incomparable, individual, nonesuch, peerless, single, singular, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unusual), فريد (individual, peerless, single, singular, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled), منقطع النظير (nonesuch, peerless, unequalled, unexampled, unrivalled), لا مثيل له (nonesuch, second, surpassing, unmatched, unprecedented, without parallel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | несравним (disparate, incomparable, incompatible, inimitable, peerless, sublime, unmatchable, unparalleled, unprecedented, unsurpassable), ненадминат (all-time, consummate, egregious, surpassing, unapproachable, unbeatable, unbeaten, unbroken, unequalled, unmatched, unrivalled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed), безподобен (incomparable, inimitable, nonpareil, peerless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "世 (unrivalled), 無" , 举世 双. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nevyrovnatelný (nonesuch, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | بی همتا (Incomparable, Peerless, Unbeatable, Unique, Unmatched, Unparalleled, Unrivaled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verrattoman kaunis (of matchless beauty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans pareil, sans égal, incomparable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unvergleichlich (incomparable, matchlessly, nonesuch, nonpar, peerless, peerlessly, unequaledly, unequalledly, unequally, unexampled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled, without comparison), unnachahmlich (inimitable, inimitably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χωρίσ ταίρι (nonesuch), απαράμιλλοσ (incomparable, nonesuch, nonpareil, peerless, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אין כמו"ו, בלתי משתו". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | utánozhatatlan (inimitable), páratlan (equitable, impair, impaired, inimitable, nonesuch, nonpareil, odd, peerless, singular, superlative, supreme, uneven, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unrivalled, unsurpassed), hasonlíthatatlan (incomparable, Nonsuch, peerless, unequaled, unequalled), egyedülálló (alone, incomparable, lone, lonely, lonesome, peerless, single, singular, unequaled, unique, unmatched), összehasonlíthatatlan (incomparable, peerless, unparalleled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tiada banding. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | senza pari (peerless, surpassing, unequaled, unequalled), incomparabile (incomparable, unequaled, unequalled), impareggiabile (incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unmatched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 絶倫 (peerless, unequaled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜつり" (peerless, unequaled), ぜっせい (peerless, unequaled), またない (never again, unique, unparalleled), またとない (never again, unique, unparalleled), いっきとうせ" (mighty), "うせい (aggression, calibration, composition, constancy, correction, correction of press, fairness, fixed star, future generations, future life, hardness, impartiality, justice, life to come, loud or high-pitched voice, made of steel, offensive, organization, posterity, proofreading, public welfare, rebirth, rectification, regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resuscitation, revision, tropism, unparalleled, Welfare Ministry, younger people), むそう (a blank mind, dream, peerless, reverie, unparalleled, vision), むに (peerless), むるい (unequalled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuchosoylagh (contrasting, improbable, incomparable, peerless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atchlessmay sem par (nonpareil), sem igual (alone, nonpareil, onerous, peerless, unapproachable, unbeatable, unequalled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed), incomparável (absolute, inappropriate, incompact, incompatibility, nonpareil, peerless, surpassing, unapproachable, unequalled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled), contrapartida financeira. (various references) neîntrecut (peerless, unbeaten, unsurpassed), fãrã pereche (peerless, unequalled, unparalleled, unrivalled, without compare). (various references) несравненный (incomparable, inimitable, nonpareil, peerless, without peer), бесподобный (nonpareil, peerless, unequalled, unmatched, unparalleled). (various references) neuporediv (incomparable, nonpareil), bez premca (nonesuch, nonsuch, peerless, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled), besprimeran (unexampled). (various references) sin par (nonpareil, peerless, surpassing, unmatched), incomparable (incomparable, surpassing, unmatchable, unparalleled). (various references) storartad (grand, magnificent, superb), makalös (incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, surpassing, unequalled, unexampled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled). (various references) ซึ่งไม่มีใครเทียบ. (various references) rakipsiz (unique, unopposed, unrivaled, unrivalled, wide open), emsalsiz (incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unequalled, unmatched), eşsiz (heavenly, in a class of one's own, incomparable, inimitable, irreplaceable, nonesuch, nonpareil, peerless, singular, unequalled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled, unrivalled, unsurpassed, without a peer), benzersiz (in a class of one's own, inimitable, nonesuch, nonpareil, unequalled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled). (various references) неоднаковий (uneven, unlike), незрівнянний (disparate, incomparable, peerless, rare, stunning, transcendent, unapproachable, unmatched, unparalleled). (various references) vô song (incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unequalled, unexampled, unparalleted, unrivalled), vô địch (champion, inexpugnable, invincible, unrivalled), không có địch thủ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "matchless": matchlessly. (additional references) | |
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"Matchless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mattless, Nachlass. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "matchless" (pronounced 'Match"less'): Actless, Ageless, Aidless, Aimless, Airless, Aisless, Approachless, Armless, Artless, Assistless, Avoidless, Awless, Awnless, Backless, Badgeless, Barkless, Baseless, Bashless, Bateless, Beamless, Beardless, Birthless, Bitless, Blameless, Blissless, Bloodless, Bloomless, Blotless, Blushless, Boastless, Boneless, Bookless, Bootless, Boteless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowless, Bractless, Bragless, Brainless, Branchless, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathless, Breezeless, Bribeless, Bridgeless, Briefless, Brimless, Browless. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-m-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: satchels, slatches. | |
-2 letters: calmest, camlets, castles, chalets, clashes, hamlets, haslets, hatless, latches, matches, matless, mescals, sachems, sachets, samechs, samlets, satchel, scathes, schemas, sheltas. | |
-3 letters: almehs, camels, camlet, cashes, castes, castle, cestas, chalet, chases, chasms, chasse, chaste, cheats, chelas, chests, clasts, cleats, eclats, halest, hamlet, haslet, hassel, hassle, hastes, laches, lamest, lashes, lathes, leasts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-m-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alchemists, schmaltzes. | |
+2 letters: matchlessly, schmalziest, schoolmates, thalassemic. | |
+3 letters: athleticisms, schmaltziest, schoolmaster, smallclothes, thalassemics. | |
+4 letters: chromatolyses, schoolmasters. | |
+5 letters: lachrymosities, methodicalness, schoolmasterly, theatricalisms, thermoplastics, whimsicalities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 74 63 68 6C 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- - -.-. .... .-.. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a t c h l e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0074 0063 0068 006C 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476786697478718585 |
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