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

Most people spend year one with their heads down, mastering the job. —Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026

While others were mastering the blues, Jimi Hendrix was rewiring rock. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026

Their greatest transformation and breakthrough was likely a result of mastering their discernment. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026

Pig organs are similar enough in size and function to humans', but transplanting entire organs was completely out of reach until about a decade ago when scientists began mastering gene editing well enough to breed pigs whose organs are less likely to be rejected by the human immune system. —Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026

But there’s a real satisfaction in watching Ohm figure out the suite’s unique conveniences, run by analog systems of pulleys and levers, confronting the terrors within and mastering them for his survival. —Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026

But there’s a real satisfaction in watching Ohm figure out the suite’s unique conveniences, run by analog systems of pulleys and levers, confronting the terrors within and mastering them for his survival. —Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026

Across industries — creative, legal, financial, technical — the systems people like myself spent careers mastering are being rewritten. —Matti Yahav, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026

Regardless of their final career path, every intern's first assignment is learning to be a docent, mastering the art of guiding visitors on a tour. —La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026