NONSUCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonsuch mean? 

• NONSUCH (noun)
  The noun NONSUCH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NONSUCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONSUCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

apotheosis; ideal; nonesuch; nonpareil; nonsuch; paragon; saint

Hypernyms ("nonsuch" is a kind of...):

model; role model (someone worthy of imitation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonsuch"):

crackerjack; jimdandy; jimhickey (someone excellent of their kind)

class act (someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence)

humdinger (someone of remarkable excellence)