peerless

adjective  C2
Plain meaning

better than everyone or everything else of its kind

Exam-register meaning

without equal; unsurpassed in quality, skill, or significance

In context
naturalShe is a peerless singer in that style of music.
examThe historian describes the archive as a peerless resource for studying migration.
Common collocations
peerless skillpeerless beautypeerless resource
Watch out
Peerless is high praise; do not use it for something that is merely good.
Word family
peerlessly (adverb)peer (noun)
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