Synonyms of mastered

mastered

verb

past tense of master

1

as in defeated

to achieve a victory over

finally mastered her longtime opponent at chess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeated
• overcame
• conquered
• took
• beat
• got
• dispatched
• stopped
• surmounted
• subdued
• succeeded
• bested
• licked
• prevailed (over)
• triumphed (over)
• finished
• got the better of
• worsted
• trimmed
• won (against)
• upended
• overmatched
• got around
• surpassed
• excelled
• overwhelmed
• buried
• did down
• swept
• skunked
• scored
• crushed
• knocked for a loop
• slaughtered
• whipped
• exceeded
• annihilated
• flourished
• flattened
• overbore
• topped
• upset
• blew out
• transcended
• routed
• thrashed
• bombed
• trounced
• vanquished
• capped
• creamed
• clobbered
• subjugated
• smoked
• edged (out)
• bettered
• eclipsed
• outstripped
• shellacked
• waxed
• overpowered
• broke
• snowed under
• blew away
• outdid
• skinned
• pipped
• walloped
• knocked over
• overthrew
• outdistanced
• outshone
• nosed out
• unseated
• knocked off
• drubbed
• aced (out)
• overtopped
• outfought

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost (to)
• fell
• went down
• failed
• gave up
• folded
• collapsed
• went under
• washed out
• flunked
• flopped

2

as in learned

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in

I think I've mastered algebra at last

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learned
• got
• understood
• discovered
• knew
• studied
• heard
• saw
• grasped
• comprehended
• picked up
• absorbed
• memorized
• assimilated
• digested
• apprehended
• got the hang of
• imbibed
• detected
• examined
• ascertained
• determined
• discerned
• drank (in)
• unearthed
• dug up
• hit (on or upon)
• found out
• tumbled (to)
• tracked (down)
• ran down
• searched (for)
• majored (in)
• descried
• scared up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgot
• missed
• misunderstood
• ignored
• unlearned
• overlooked
• neglected
• disregarded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mastered

It was produced by Federico Vindver, Luis Salazar and Sampaio; Jean Rodriguez handled vocal recording and production, and Mosty mixed and mastered the track. — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2026

Clearly, the princess has mastered the art of dressing for the occasion. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

Hallmark films have mastered the art of escalating low-stakes situations into high-stakes emotional emergency plotlines. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

This is a technology, which Sheeran mastered in his early years as a busker, that lets a guy perform with himself, in echoes, alone, harmonizing with his own voice. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

With upward of 50,000 dog portraits under his belt, Friedman has mastered the art of the pup portrait. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Those awardees — the people who developed and mastered the famous landing capability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket — were announced in April. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Players like Alcaraz, Sinner and Djokovic have mastered the art of using their open-stance backhand to stretch into and out of the corners. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

The new approach provides more choice, but someone who mastered cable television may initially find the supposedly simpler streaming world confusing. — Mark Vena, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026