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Matchless is a related term of supreme.


As an adjective matchless

is having no match; without equal.

As a proper noun supreme is

the supreme being; the almighty; god.

matchless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having no match; without equal.
  • * 1819 , , Ivanhoe , ch. 8:
    • [T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength.
  • * 2002 , Daniel Okrent, " Books: A Prince of a Pitcher" (Review of: Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy''), ''Time , 30 Sept.:
    • It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent.
  • Having no mate.
  • * 2010 , Sandra Brennan, " Movies: The Flying Matchmaker (1966)," nytimes.com , 1 June (retrieved 13 Sep 2010):
    • In this comedy, a matchmaker has a matchless daughter. Try as he might, he cannot seem to find anyone for her.

    Synonyms

    * (without equal) incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed * (having no mate) single, unattached

    Derived terms

    * matchlessly * matchlessness

    supreme

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Dominant, having power over all others.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}
  • Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
  • (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
    • * (English Citations of "supreme") English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers

    Synonyms

    * (having power over all others) predominant, preponderant, regnant

    Derived terms

    * supremacy * supreme being * Supreme Soviet

    Verb

    (suprem)
  • (cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cookery) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
  • (cookery) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

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