Unrivaled: meaning, example and synonyms
Unrivaledadj. Better than all others; having no equal or competitor.
Example
The monastery's library, unrivaled in the region for its botanical manuscripts, drew scholars from distant cities.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- unequaled, unmatched, supreme, peerless
- Antonyms
- inferior, mediocre, ordinary, second-rate
- Memory tip
- un (no) + rival: nobody can rival it.
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Check yourself: Unrivaled in context
For nearly a century, the port's shipyards were ______ in the region, building more vessels each year than all of their competitors combined.
Answer: unrivaled. Outbuilding all competitors combined means having no equal: unrivaled. Equivocal (ambiguous), cryptic (mysterious) and inconspicuous (unnoticed) don't express superiority.
The old cartographer's knowledge of the coastline was ______; no other mapmaker had surveyed so many of its coves and shoals in person.
Answer: unrivaled. 'No other mapmaker' had matched it, so the knowledge was unrivaled. Obtrusive (intrusive), contentious (disputed) and cryptic (mysterious) don't mean unmatched.