matchless C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈmætʃləs/ UK /ˈmætʃləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj so good as to have no equal; incomparable The soprano sang with matchless purity of tone. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · so good as to have no... unequaledincomparablepeerlessunrivaledunparalleledsupreme ↔ Opposites ordinarymediocrecommonplaceinferior Word family Derived forms matchlesslymatchlessness Related forms matchmatchedmatching Etymology AI details From match ('an equal, counterpart', from Old English gemæcca 'mate, companion') plus the privative suffix -less. Means having no equal or rival. gemæcca Old English -lēas Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # matchless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmætʃləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmætʃləs/ ## Meanings 1. so good as to have no equal; incomparable ## Examples - The soprano sang with matchless purity of tone. ## Synonyms - unequaled - incomparable - peerless - unrivaled - unparalleled - supreme ## Antonyms - ordinary - mediocre - commonplace - inferior ## Derived Forms - matchlessly - matchlessness ## Related Forms - match - matched - matching ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gemæcca - Root: -lēas ## Etymology From match ('an equal, counterpart', from Old English gemæcca 'mate, companion') plus the privative suffix -less. Means having no equal or rival. ## AI Etymology Matchless is from match ('an equal, counterpart', from Old English gemæcca 'mate, companion') plus the privative suffix -less. Means having no equal or rival. Important recorded forms include gemæcca (Old English) and -lēas (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers so good as to have no equal; incomparable. The wider family includes derived forms such as matchlessly and matchlessness and related words such as match, matched, and matching. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown