n. 25B6; adjective a nonpareil storyteller : INCOMPARABLE, matchless, unrivalled, unparalleled, unequalled, peerless, beyond compare, second to none, unsurpassed, unbeatable, inimitable; unique, consummate, superlative, supreme; formal unexampled.
mediocre.
25B6; noun Britain's nonpareil of the 1980s : BEST, finest, crème de la crème, peak of perfection, elite, jewel in the crown, ne plus ultra, paragon; archaic nonsuch.