nonpareil (n.)

  1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

    [ Syn: ideal , paragon , saint , apotheosis , nonesuch , nonsuch ]

  2. colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies

  3. a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

    nonpareil (adj.)

  1. eminent beyond or above comparison; matchless beauty; the teams nonpareil center fielder; shes 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

    [ Syn: matchless , one , one and only , peerless , unmatched , unmatchable , unrivaled , unrivalled ]

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