1. small round colored sugar pellets used as decoration on cakes, cookies, and ice cream
Usage: culinary
2. people or things that have no equal; unrivaled examples
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• She decorated the birthday cake with colorful nonpareils.
• The ice cream sundae was topped with chocolate sauce and nonpareils.
• The bakery used pink and white nonpareils on the sugar cookies.
• Among classical composers, Mozart and Beethoven are considered nonpareils.
• The museum’s collection includes nonpareils of Renaissance art.
• These athletes are nonpareils in their respective sports.