rivallessadj.
/ˈrʌɪv(ə)lləs/, U.S. /ˈraɪvə(l)ləs/ Without a rival; unrivalled.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique
unilicheOE
makelessc1225
unevenlyc1230
peerlessc1330
alonea1382
uncomparablea1382
unoverpassablea1382
solea1398
incomparable1412
sans-peer1426
nonpareilc1450
invincible1509
matchless1530
inimitable1531
unmatchable1544
unmatched1548
unpassable1563
alonely1567
inequivalent1568
mateless1570
unparagonized1578
only1581
fellowlessa1586
unimitablea1586
compareless1590
incompared1590
immatchless1595
unequalized1596
nonsuch1598
paragonless1599
immatchable1601
unparalleled1601
uncompeered1602
unpeered1602
imparalleled1604
unpeerable1604
unrivalled1607
uncompanioned1608
unexampled1610
unsurmountable1611
unsurpassable1611
unparagoned1612
patternless1613
unpatterned1617
unique1618
unparallelable1621
parallelless1622
unmatchless1623
single1633
unexemplifieda1634
unsampleda1638
unequalled1639
imparallel1641
unparallel1645
unseconded1646
unexemplary1649
unaccessional1651
unequalable1659
uncome-at-able1694
rivalless1735
untouched1735
unexcelleda1800
unexceeded1813
sans-pareilly1818
unsurpassed1818
unrivallable1823
unapproachable1834
untranscendeda1849
insuperable1849
unbrothered1853
unapproached1856
insurpassable1859
untouchable1867
hors concours1884
1735 Mod. Poet 6 When thou art dead, I'm Rivalless in Verse.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 69 When his young eye was bright as her rivalless star.
1907 ‘M. Twain’ Christian Sci. ii. viii. 236 The solitary and rivalless and world-shadowing majesty of St. Peter's.
1911 G. M. Stratton Psychol. of Relig. Life xxi. 297 The Unity, the rivalless existence of the One.
1970 Geogr. Jrnl. 136 454 The elimination of the French left the Hudson's Bay Company not rivalless, as it may have anticipated.
2005 D. M. Gabbay & J. Woods Reach of Abduction ix. 309 Such a translation would be rivalless, but it could not be said to be objectively correct.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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