| Noun | 1. | one - the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits" monas, monad - a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive singleton - a single object (as distinguished from a pair) | |
| 2. | one - a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"unit - a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another" | |
| Adj. | 1. | one - used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish"cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" | |
| 2. | one - particular but unspecified; "early one evening"unspecified - not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals" | |
| 3. | one - having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice"united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front" | |
| 4. | one - of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species"same - closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" | |
| 5. | one - used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog"extraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" | |
| 6. | one - indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another"indefinite - vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal" | |
| 7. | one - being the single appropriate individual of a kind; only; "the one horse that could win this race"; "the one person I could marry"single - existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness" | |
| 8. | one - being one in number--a single unit or thing; "one person is going"; "her one thought was to win"; "I'm just one player on the team"; "one day is just like the next"; "seen one horse and you've seen them all"single - existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness" | |
| 9. | one - being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution"combined - made or joined or united into one | |
| 10. | one - 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"incomparable, uncomparable - such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data" | |