one
1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number (Freq. 44)
- he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
- they had lunch at one
• Syn:
1, I, ace, single, unity
• Hypernyms:
digit, figure
• Hyponyms:
monad, monas, singleton
2. a single person or thing (Freq. 26)
- he is the best one
- this is the one I ordered
• Hypernyms:
unit
1. used of a single unit or thing;
not two or more (Freq. 422)
- 'ane' is Scottish
• Syn:
1, i, ane
• Similar to:
cardinal
2. having the indivisible character of a unit (Freq. 4)
- a unitary action
- spoke with one voice
• Syn:
unitary
• Similar to:
united
• Derivationally related forms:
oneness
3. of the same kind or quality (Freq. 3)
- two animals of one species
• Similar to:
same
4. used informally as an intensifier (Freq. 1)
- that is one fine dog
• Similar to:
extraordinary
5. indefinite in time or position (Freq. 1)
- he will come one day
- one place or another
• Similar to:
indefinite
6. being a single entity made by combining separate components
- three chemicals combining into one solution
• Similar to:
combined
7. eminent beyond or above comparison
- matchless beauty
- the team's nonpareil center fielder
- she's 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, nonpareil, one and only, peerless, unmatched,
unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled
• Similar to:
incomparable, uncomparable
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