Synonyms of mastering

mastering

verb

present participle of master

1

as in overcoming

to achieve a victory over

finally mastered her longtime opponent at chess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• defeating
• conquering
• taking
• getting
• beating
• stopping
• dispatching
• subduing
• surmounting
• succeeding
• licking
• trimming
• prevailing (over)
• finishing
• upending
• winning (against)
• triumphing (over)
• besting
• overmatching
• getting the better of
• getting around
• worsting
• doing down
• overbearing
• burying
• crushing
• surpassing
• excelling
• slaughtering
• sweeping
• scoring
• overwhelming
• skunking
• exceeding
• whipping
• knocking for a loop
• routing
• flattening
• annihilating
• capping
• breaking
• edging (out)
• transcending
• subjugating
• upsetting
• creaming
• bombing
• topping
• blowing out
• vanquishing
• skinning
• flourishing
• nosing out
• clobbering
• overthrowing
• thrashing
• blowing away
• bettering
• waxing
• smoking
• outdoing
• trouncing
• pipping
• eclipsing
• outstripping
• overpowering
• outshining
• walloping
• knocking over
• drubbing
• shellacking
• unseating
• outdistancing
• knocking off
• snowing under
• acing (out)
• outfighting
• overtopping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing (to)
• falling
• going down
• failing
• giving up
• folding
• collapsing
• going under
• flunking
• washing out
• flopping

2

as in learning

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in

I think I've mastered algebra at last

Synonyms & Similar Words

• learning
• getting
• understanding
• knowing
• discovering
• studying
• seeing
• grasping
• hearing
• comprehending
• memorizing
• picking up
• absorbing
• assimilating
• apprehending
• detecting
• digesting
• getting the hang of
• determining
• examining
• ascertaining
• tracking (down)
• drinking (in)
• hitting (on or upon)
• imbibing
• running down
• discerning
• tumbling (to)
• finding out
• searching (for)
• digging up
• unearthing
• majoring (in)
• descrying
• scaring up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forgetting
• missing
• unlearning
• ignoring
• overlooking
• neglecting
• disregarding
• misunderstanding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mastering

Building the airframe has proven easier than mastering the software and sensors that allow an unmanned aircraft to find, track, and engage an enemy. —Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026

A lot of technical challenges followed suit in the two-years-in-the-making collection, from mastering the right scale and proportions to fine-tuning the hand-applications, pavé settings and inlays of colored stones including amethyst, tiger’s eye, mother of pearl and malachite. —Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026

This process is critical not only for cognitive skills like learning an instrument but also for physical skills like mastering a move in sports. —Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026

Season 10 signals a purposeful return to the saga’s core, focusing on drug lord Aurelio Casillas as a man capable of dominating the world but incapable of mastering himself. —Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026

Beneath its quirky two-tone exterior is some clever new circuitry and professional-grade technologies that provide DSD Remastering up to DSD2048 and K2HD Technology, which was once the preserve of elite mastering studios. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

At Beaver Creek, beginners are rewarded with a sugary treat from the Candy Cabin for mastering some of the lifts serving beginner green runs. —Alison Fox, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026

But above all, for businesses across all sectors, the complexity of the emerging global economic order demands mastering continuous adaptation. —Mirek Dusek, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026

In fourth-grade reading skills, a vital area since reading comprehension is the door to mastering all other subjects, California ranked an embarrassing 37th among the states in 2024 tests. —Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026