Incomparable means so good that nothing compares. An incomparable talent, incomparable views, quite incomparable.
It is high praise and it is absolute — saying somebody is incomparable claims there is no second place. Its literal sense is neutral: two things not able to be compared because they share no measure, which is how the word is used in logic and mathematics. Note the stress, on the second syllable in careful British speech; and incomparably, which works as an intensifier.
1adjectiveincomparableSo good that nothing compares.
“The view from the top of the mountain was incomparable.”
synonyms: unrivalled, peerless
incomparable is a quality of uniqueness.
Latin incomparabilis is in- plus comparabilis, from comparare, to pair together — com plus par, equal. Peer, par and pair come from the same equality.
Latin
incomparābilis
Middle French
incomparable
Middle English
incomparable
English, today
incomparable
From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French, from Latin incomparābilis. by surface analysis, en + in + comparable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA