Meanings
comparative more incomparable · superlative most incomparable
- comparablefigurativelySo much better than another as to be beyond comparison.
I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, edited by Robert Baldwin Ross, De Profundis, published 1909, page 112Synonyms: matchless, unsurpassed
plural incomparables
- Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSo much better than another as to be beyond comparison.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesuch that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinincomparābilis
- Old French[Term?]
- Middle Frenchincomparable
- Middle Englishincomparable
- Englishincomparable
From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian несравни́м, безподо́бен
- несравни́м (nesravním)beyond comparison
- безподо́бен (bezpodóben)beyond comparison
Catalan incomparable, incomparable
- incomparablenot comparable
- incomparablebeyond comparison
Chinese Cantonese 冇得比
- 冇得比 (mou⁵ dak¹ bei²)beyond comparison
Chinese Mandarin 無比的 /无比的
- 無比的 /无比的 (wúbǐ de)beyond comparison
Czech nesrovnatelný
- nesrovnatelnýbeyond comparison
Dutch onvergelijkbaar
- onvergelijkbaarbeyond comparison
Finnish verraton, vertaansa vailla
- verratonbeyond comparison
- vertaansa vaillabeyond comparison
French incomparable
- incomparablebeyond comparison
German inkomparabel, unvergleichlich
- inkomparabelnot comparable
- unvergleichlichbeyond comparison
Greek ασύγκριτος
- ασύγκριτος (asýgkritos)beyond comparison
Hindi अतुलनीय
- अतुलनीय (atulnīya)not comparable
Hungarian összehasonlíthatatlan
- összehasonlíthatatlanbeyond comparison
Irish dosháraithe
- dosháraithebeyond comparison
Italian incomparabile
- incomparabilebeyond comparison
Latin incomparābilis
- incomparābilisnot comparable
Polish nieporównywalny, nieporównywalny
- nieporównywalnynot comparable
- nieporównywalnybeyond comparison
Portuguese incomparável, incomparável
- incomparávelnot comparable
- incomparávelbeyond comparison
Romanian necomparabil, incomparabil
- necomparabilnot comparable
- incomparabilnot comparable
- incomparabilbeyond comparison
- necomparabilbeyond comparison
Russian несравни́мый, несравне́нный
- несравни́мый (nesravnímyj)beyond comparison
- несравне́нный (nesravnénnyj)beyond comparison
- бесподо́бный (bespodóbnyj)beyond comparison
Slovak neporovnateľný
- neporovnateľnýbeyond comparison
Spanish incomparable, incomparable
- incomparablenot comparable
- incomparablebeyond comparison
- inigualablebeyond comparison
Tagalog walang-kahulilip
- walang-kahulilipbeyond comparison
Ukrainian незрівня́нний
- незрівня́нний (nezrivnjánnyj)beyond comparison
Cite this entry
incomparable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomparable
“incomparable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomparable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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