Meanings
comparative more unsurpassable · superlative most unsurpassable
- Not surpassable; unable to be surpassed.
On either side of them, as they glided onwards, the rich meadow-grass seemed that morning of a freshness and a greenness unsurpassable. Never had they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow-herb so riotous, the meadow-sweet so odorous and pervading.
1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLCSynonyms: insurpassable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot surpassable; unable to be surpassed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot to be exceeded
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishsurpass
- Englishsurpassable
- Englishunsurpassable
From un- + surpassable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish uovertræffelig
- uovertræffelignot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Dutch onovertrefbaar, onoverkomelijk
- onovertrefbaarnot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
- onoverkomelijknot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Finnish ylittämätön, ylivoimainen
- ylittämätönnot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
- ylivoimainennot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
- voittamatonnot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
French insurpassable
- insurpassablenot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
German unübertrefflich
- unübertrefflichnot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Hungarian felülmúlhatatlan
- felülmúlhatatlannot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Italian insorpassabile
- insorpassabilenot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Polish nie do przewyższania
- nie do przewyższanianot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Swedish oöverträfflig
- oöverträfflignot surpassable — see also unsurpassed
Cite this entry
unsurpassable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurpassable
“unsurpassable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurpassable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsurpassable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurpassable.
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