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master
Synonyms and Antonyms of master
- thought of themselves as belonging to humanity's master race
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, foremost, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
- a master craftsman who makes fine wood furniture of his own designs
accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), professed, proficient, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso
adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed
effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike
able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified
educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored
all-around (also all-round), well-rounded
master
Synonyms and Antonyms of master
- a master at chess
ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack (also crackajack), dab [chiefly British], dab hand [chiefly British], expert, fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, maven (also mavin), meister, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, sharp, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
consultant, hired gun, specialist
addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan
all-rounder [British], jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man
- little did the tennis pro know that his new student would someday become his master
- I'm the master of this operation, and you'll do what I say
administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up
leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor
dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)
baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince
big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun
master
Synonyms and Antonyms of master
- finally mastered her longtime opponent at chess
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
- I think I've mastered algebra at last
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