What is the meaning of nonpareil?

noun

  • Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
  • Colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e. G. Candies and cookies.
  • A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar.

adjective

  • Eminent beyond or above comparison.
    • usage: "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
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APAWordNet. (2010). nonpareil. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/nonpareil/definitions/1179390
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