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nonpareil

adjective noun

Eminent beyond or above comparison

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
N
Ends with
L
Contains
ON
Scrabble score
11

How it sounds

Pronunciation

nɒnpəˈɹeɪ(l)

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Eminent beyond or above comparison

    “Matchless beauty”

noun

  1. A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

noun

  1. Colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

noun

  1. Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

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Example Sentences

Matchless beauty
The team's nonpareil center fielder
She's one girl in a million
The one and only Muhammad Ali
A peerless scholar

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