INCOMPARABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incomparable mean? 

• INCOMPARABLE (adjective)
  The adjective INCOMPARABLE has 1 sense:

1. such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared

  Familiarity information: INCOMPARABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCOMPARABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared

Synonyms:

incomparable; uncomparable

Context example:

this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data

Similar:

all-time (unsurpassed in some respect up to the present)

incommensurable (impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence)

matchless; nonpareil; one; one and only; peerless; unmatchable; unmatched; unrivaled; unrivalled (eminent beyond or above comparison)

alone; unequaled; unequalled; unique; unparalleled (radically distinctive and without equal)

Also:

best ((superlative of 'good') having the most positive qualities)

extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)

Antonym:

comparable (able to be compared or worthy of comparison)

 Context examples 

Out of the corner of his eye Gatsby saw that the blocks of the sidewalk really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place above the trees—he could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)